Galatians 3:20

But a mediator is not of one, but God is one.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

In Context

19Why then the law? It was added for the sake of transgressions, until the seed came to whom the promise was made, ordained through angels in [the] hand of a mediator.

21[Is] then the law against the promises of God? Far be the thought. For if a law had been given able to quicken, then indeed righteousness were on the principle of law;

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Cross References

Genesis 17:1And Abram was ninety-nine years old, when Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said to him, I [am] the Almighty God: walk before my face, and be perfect.

Job 9:33There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.

Romans 3:29Is [God] the God of Jews only? is he not of [the] nations also? Yea, of nations also:

1 Timothy 2:5For God is one, and [the] mediator of God and men one, [the] man Christ Jesus,

Hebrews 9:15And for this reason he is mediator of a new covenant, so that, death having taken place for redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, the called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

Matthew Henry on Galatians 3:20-29

Design of the Law; The True Children of Abraham. ( a. d. 56.) 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. 21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. 22 But the scripture hath concluded… Read the whole commentary →

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