Galatians 3:15 (WEB)
Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man’s covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void or adds to it.
Fathers and councils · 5
Irenaeus of Lyons
“But circumcision and the law of works occupied the intervening period.” — editor's note: [Note, the Gentile Church was the old religion and was Catholic; in Christ it became Catholic again: the Mosaic system was a parenthetical thing of fifteen…
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John Damascene
“Such is the meaning in which this phrase is to be taken: Being made a curse for our sakes.” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 15.
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Augustine of Hippo
“He saith not, And to seeds, as if in many; but as if in one, And to thy Seed, which is Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 15, 16.
Read the whole comment“Not only for this world, but unto the world without end: whither His seed, which is His heritage, the seed of Abraham, which is Christ, will pass.” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 15, 29.
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Tertullian
““But,” says he, “I speak after the manner of men: when we were children, we were placed in bondage under the elements of the world.”” — editor's note: This apparent quotation is in fact a patching together of two sentences from Gal. iii. 15 and iv. 3 (Fr. Junius). “If I may be allowed to guess from the manner…
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.