“Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.”
Brothers, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. — Paul's legal analogy: a duly ratified covenant ('diathēkē' — covenant/testament, from the secular domain) cannot be unilaterally altered; this principle governs even God's covenants, establishing the Abrahamic covenant's permanence and inviolability.
Church Fathers on Galatians 3:15
“Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void or adds thereto.” “To speak after the manner of men” means to use human examples. Having founded his argument on the Scriptures, on the miracles wrought among themselves, on the sufferings of Christ, and on the Patriarch, he proceeds to common usages; and this he does invariably, in order to sweeten his discourse, and render it more acceptable…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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