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Nowδὲthe mediatorὁ μεσίτηςisἔστινnotοὐκof one party alone;ἑνὸςbutδὲGodὁ θεὸςisἐστινone.εἷς
Galatians 3:20
Study it in the app“Now the mediator is not of one party alone; but God is one.”
With the Greek beneath
Galatians 3:20, word by word
- the mediatorμεσίτηςmesitēs
mediator
Mediator: one who stands between two parties to bring them together.
Where else “mesitēs” appears- isἔστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- of one party aloneἑνὸςhenos
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “henos” appears- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears
The context
19Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
20 · This verse (above)
21Is the law then against the promises of God? By no means! For if a law had been given that could give life, righteousness would really have been by the law.