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^(x)Brethren, ^(y)I speak ^[x]in terms of human relations: ^(z)even though it is only a man's ^[y]covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds ^[z]conditions to it.

Now the promises were spoken ^(aa)to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, "And to seeds," as referring to many, but rather to one, "^(ab)And to your seed," that is, Christ.

What I am saying is this: the Law, which came ^(ac)four hundred and thirty years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise.