Verse Comparison: Galatians 3:18
American Standard Version
For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise.
Amplified® Bible
For if the inheritance [of the promise depends on observing] the Law [as these false teachers would like you to believe], it no longer [depends] on the promise; however, God gave it to Abraham [as a free gift solely] by virtue of His promise.
Contemporary English Version
If we have to obey the Law in order to receive God's blessings, those blessings don't really come to us because of God's promise. But God was kind to Abraham and made him a promise.
Darby English Version
For if the inheritance [be] on the principle of law, [it is] no longer on the principle of promise; but God gave it in grace to Abraham by promise.
Good News Bible
For if God's gift depends on the Law, then it no longer depends on his promise. However, it was because of his promise that God gave that gift to Abraham.
International Standard Version
For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by the promise. But it was by a promise that God so graciously gave it to Abraham.
King James Version
For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
New American Standard Bible
For if the inheritance is based on law, it is no longer based on a promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by means of a promise.
New International Version
For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.
New King James Version
For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For if we base the inheritance on law, we no longer base it on a promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by means of a promise.
Young's Literal Translation
for if by law `be' the inheritance, `it is' no more by promise, but to Abraham through promise did God grant `it'.
