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Galatians 3:17

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 BSB

Galatians 3:17 has 37 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 15:13 (6 votes) and Exodus 12:40–41 (6 votes). 42 other verses point back to it. It links with 24 other books, from Genesis 15 to 1 Peter 1.

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Which verses does Galatians 3:17 point to?

The 20 strongest of 37, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Genesis 15:136 votes

    Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

  2. Exodus 12:40–416 votes

    Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years. At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.

  3. Romans 4:13–146 votes

    For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,

  4. Hebrews 11:39–406 votes

    These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised. God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.

  5. 2 Corinthians 1:205 votes

    For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.

  6. Hebrews 6:13–185 votes

    When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself, saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.” …

  7. Romans 3:34 votes

    What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?

  8. Isaiah 14:273 votes

    The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?

  9. John 1:173 votes

    For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

  10. 1 Corinthians 1:173 votes

    For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

  11. Galatians 3:153 votes

    Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.

  12. Galatians 5:43 votes

    You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

  13. Colossians 2:43 votes
  14. Genesis 15:182 votes

    On 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—

  15. Genesis 17:7–82 votes

    I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

  16. Genesis 17:192 votes
  17. Numbers 23:192 votes
  18. Numbers 30:82 votes
  19. Job 40:82 votes
  20. Psalm 33:102 votes

Which verses point to Galatians 3:17?

The 10 strongest of 42.