Galatians 3:18

For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

Ver. 18. Gave it to Abraham] Gr. κεχαρισται, freely gave it. What is more free than a gift? And what better freehold than the divine promise?

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¹⁸ For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

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