¹⁸ For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise;^(A) but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.

¹⁹ Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions^(B) until the Seed^(C) to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels^(D) and entrusted to a mediator.^{(E) 20} A mediator,^(F) however, implies more than one party; but God is one.