“Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.”
The law was given through angels and entrusted to a mediator. But God is one. — the law's mediation through angels ('dia cheiros angelōn') and through Moses establishes its derivative, mediated status, contrasting with God's direct, unmediated covenant with Abraham; 'God is one' affirms that divine promise, not mediated law, is the ultimate reality.
Church Fathers on Galatians 3:20
“Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.” What can the heretics say to this? For as, according to them, the expression “the Only True God” excludes the Son from being true God, so here the phrase “God is One,” excludes Him from being God in any sense. But if, although the Father is called “One God,” the Son is nevertheless God, it is very plain that though the Father is called “Very God,” the Son is very God likewise. Now a mediator, says he, is between two…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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