^{15 Ref} Brethren, as a man I say `it', even of man a confirmed covenant no one doth make void or doth add to,

^{16 Ref} and to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed; He doth not say, `And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, `And to thy seed,' which is Christ;

^{17 Ref} and this I say, A covenant confirmed before by God to Christ, the law, that came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not set aside, to make void the promise,