Galatians 3:16
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ.
First the literal greek translation... with my own comments in bold.
"Brethren, what I have to say is in accordance with common human practice. Even though it be a man’s covenant, when it has finally been ratified, no man annuls it nor adds stipulations to it. Paul then explains... Nor does the text say that the blessings of the covenant were all fulfilled in Christ. It says that the promise was made to Abraham and his ultimate seed, Messiah. As such, there was no possibility that the Law given in between those two would do away with the promises in the Abrahamic Covenant. THAT is the argument being made in this passage - and is one of several that form the whole section - all worth reading.Galatians 3:15-18
The original covenant to Abraham stands as promised by God swearing on Himself. No changes will be made to it and no stipulations added.
"Now to Abraham were made the promises, and to his Descendant. He does not say, And to the descendants, as in respect to many descendants, but in respect to one Descendant, and to your Descendant, who is Christ. And here is the point, Abraham was given unconditional promises. 430 years later, the Law was given. The Law did not abrogate the unconditional covenant to Abraham.
"This now is what I mean. A covenant previously established by God, the law which came after four hundred and thirty years does not render void with the result that the promise becomes noperative, for if the inheritance is from law [as a method of divine dealing], no longer is it from promise [as a method of divine dealing]. But to Abraham, through the intermediate instrumentality of promise, God has in grace freely bestowed it. So first, the covenant to Abraham was a multi-dimensional promise based on the grace of God. It remains so, according to the Holy Spirit inspiring Paul in Galatians. The Holy Spirit, through Paul is making a theoretical argument to those who said the Law did away with the promise covenant of Abraham, and that now salvation came alone through law. Holy Spirit says no.
Wuest, K. S. (1961). The New Testament: a literal translation (Ga 3:15–18). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
——>Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ.
Not according to Paul:
Romans 9:6Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: 7Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 8That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.