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1 | What promise? To Whom? | Gal 3:19 | Thomas8 | 202923 | ||
"the Seed (the Descendant, the Heir) should come, to and concerning Whom the promise had been made." Doesn't the Amplified version say that the promise was made to the Seed? NASB: "...the seed would come TO whom the promise had been made." |
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2 | What promise? To Whom? | Gal 3:19 | DocTrinsograce | 202941 | ||
Yes, the Amplified sounds that way. I'd be loathe to base an entire doctrine on that wording alone. Context is everything. Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. (Galatians 3:16a ESV) See the post on General Principles of Biblical Interpretation (156918), and that thread in general. |
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3 | What promise? To Whom? | Gal 3:19 | Thomas8 | 202951 | ||
Hi Doc, Many versions seem to say that the promise was made to the Seed. I understand that promises were made to Abraham. Were any made to the Seed directly or is there something else in the Greek? NASB: "...the SEED would come TO WHOM the promise had been made." I did read (156918) and appreciate them. |
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4 | What promise? To Whom? | Gal 3:19 | DocTrinsograce | 202953 | ||
Hi, Thomas... In a sense, the promise of the Seed of Abraham is a promise to every one of the elect (Galatians 3:22). It was looked forward to all the way up to the time that it was fully realized (Hebrews 11:39-40). We now look back upon a specific event, having the advantage of even knowing the Name of the Messiah. He is the firstborn of many brethren (Romans 8:29), so we might assert that the promise was to Christ, as well (Romans 9:8). In Him, Doc |
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