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The Book of Galatians, Chapter 3, Verse 18

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For if the inheritance [be] of the law, [it is] no more of promise: but God gave [it] to Abraham by promise.
King James Version
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.
American Standard Version
What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; [and it was] ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
New English Translation
So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God.
World English Bible
For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by promise.
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Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one, but God is one.
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[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.
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But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
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But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
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Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
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But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
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For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
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For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
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There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
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And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.