Galatians 3:18 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

for if by law [be] the inheritance, [it is] no more by promise, but to Abraham through promise did God grant [it].

English ASV

For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise.

English Amplified

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.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

For if the inheritance is based on the law, it is no longer based on the promise; but God has graciously given it to Abraham through the promise.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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.

English EASY 2024

God has promised to give good things to his children. But that does not happen as a result of God's Law. If that were true, then we would not receive God's good things as a result of his promise. But God gave those good things to Abraham as a gift, because he had promised to bless Abraham.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Can following the law give us the blessing God promised? If we could receive it by following the law, then it would not be God's promise that brings it to us. But God freely gave his blessings to Abraham through the promise God made.

For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but God gave it to Abraham by a promise.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

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.

English God's Word - GW 1995

If we have to gain the inheritance by following those laws, then it no longer comes to us because of the promise. However, God freely gave the inheritance to Abraham through a promise.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

For if the inheritance is from the law, it is no longer from the promise; but God granted it to Abraham through the promise.

English KJV 1611

For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

English LSB

For if the inheritance is by law, it is no longer by promise, but God has granted it to Abraham through promise.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For if the inheritance comes from the law, it no longer comes from the promise. But God gave it to Abraham through a promise.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

For if the inheritance comes from the law, it is no longer from a promise; but God bestowed it on Abraham through a promise.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

For if the inheritance is based on the law, it is no longer based on the promise, but God graciously gave it to Abraham through the promise.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The great gift that God has for us does not depend on the law. If it did, it would no longer depend on a promise. But God gave it to Abraham as a free gift through a promise.

English NIV

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.

English NKJ 1982

For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

English NLT

For if the inheritance could be received only by keeping the law, then it would not be the result of accepting God's promise. But God gave it to Abraham as a promise.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

For if the inheritance comes from the law, it no longer comes from the promise; but God granted it to Abraham through the promise.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

For if the inheritance is by the law, it is no longer by promise; but God gave it to Abraham by a promise.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

If obeying those laws could save us, then it is obvious that this would be a different way of gaining God's favor than Abraham's way, for he simply accepted God's promise.

English Tyndale 1537

For if the inheritance come of the law, it cometh not of promise: but God gave it unto Abraham by promise.

Galatians 3:18 — Compare Translations