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The Book of Galatians, Chapter 3, Verse 20

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Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one, but God is one.
King James Version
[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.
American Standard Version
Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law.
New English Translation
But now that you have come to know God(or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless basic forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?
World English Bible
Now a mediator is not between one, but God is one.
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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.
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Now I say, [That] the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
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But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.