Galatians 3:17-21

17Now I say this, A covenant confirmed beforehand by 1God, the law, which took place four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.

18For if the inheritance [be] on the principle of law, [it is] no longer on the principle of promise; but 2God gave it in grace to Abraham by promise.

19Why then the law? It was added for the sake of transgressions, until the seed came to whom the promise was made, ordained through angels in [the] hand of a mediator.

20But a mediator is not of one, but 3God is one.

21[Is] then the law against the promises of 4God? Far be the thought. For if a law had been given able to quicken, then indeed righteousness were on the principle of law;