“What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.”
Galatians 3:17
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Connection with God's oath to Abram
In Genesis 15 God swore an oath to Abram alone. Paul says the law, which came later, could not cancel that covenant. God kept the oath at the cross, where the curse fell on Christ: "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us" (Galatians 3:13).
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