48:003:006 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was
accounted to him for
righteousness.
48:003:007 Know ye therefore that they which are of
faith, the same are
the
children of Abraham.
48:003:008 And the scripture, foreseeing that God
would justify the
heathen
through faith, preached before the gospel unto
Abraham,
saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
48:003:009 So then they which be of faith are blessed
with faithful
Abraham.
48:003:010 For as many as are of the works of the
law are under the
curse:
for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth
not
in all things which are written in the book of the
law to
do
them.
48:003:011 But that no man is justified by the law
in the sight of God,
it
is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
48:003:012 And the law is not of faith: but,
The man that doeth them
shall
live in them.
48:003:013 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse
of the law, being made
a
curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every
one that
hangeth
on a tree:
48:003:014 That the blessing of Abraham might come
on the Gentiles
through
Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of
the
Spirit
through faith.
48:003:015 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men;
Though it be but a
man’s
covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth,
or
addeth thereto.
48:003:016 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises
made. He saith
not,
And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy
seed,
which
is Christ.
48:003:017 And this I say, that the covenant, that
was confirmed before
of
God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and
thirty
years
after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise
of
none effect.
48:003:018 For if the inheritance be of the law, it
is no more of
promise:
but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
48:003:019 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.
48:003:020 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
48:003:021 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.
48:003:022 But the scripture hath concluded all under
sin, that the
promise
by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that
believe.


