Galatians 3:17 (WEB)
Now I say this: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.
Fathers and councils · 3
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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Augustine of Hippo
“…“And this I say, that the covenant confirmed by God, the law, which was made 430 years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 17.
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Tertullian
“But indeed it is superfluous to dwell on what he has erased, when he may be more effectually confuted from that which he has retained.” — editor's note: So, instead of pursuing the contents of chap. iii., he proceeds to such of chap. iv. as Marcion reserved.
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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.