Galatians 3:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.”
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BSBPD
“A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Now a mediator is not a mediator of one; but God is one.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and the mediator is not of one, and God is one--”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Galatians 3:20 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 15:18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
- Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Deuteronomy 6:4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
- Job 9:33Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
- Acts 12:20Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.
- Romans 3:29Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
- Galatians 3:17What 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.
- 1 Timothy 2:5For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
- Hebrews 8:6Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
- Hebrews 9:15Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
- Hebrews 12:24to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
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