Galatians 3:17

And this I say [τ ο υ τ ο δ ε λ ε γ ω]. Now I mean this. Not strictly the conclusion from vv. 15, 16, since Paul does not use this phrase in drawing a conclusion (comp. 1 Corinthians 1:12, and touto de fhmi, 1 Corinthians 7:29; 1 Corinthians 14:50). It is rather the application, for which the way was prepared in verse 16, of the analogy of verse 15 to the inviolable stability of God's covenant.

Four hundred and thirty years after. Bengel remarks : "The greatness of the interval increases the authority of the promise." 63 To make of none effect [κ α τ α ρ γ η σ α ι]. See on Romans 3:3.