Now a mediator is helpful if more than one party must reach an agreement. But God, who is one, did not use a mediator when he gave his promise to Abraham.

但中保本不是为一面作的；神却是一位。

但中保本不是为单方设立的；上帝却是一位。

但中保本不是为单方设立的；神却是一位。

中间人代表双方，但上帝则单方面赐下应许。

中保不是为单方面的，但神却是一位。

不过中保没有为一方的，神却是一位。

但中保本不是為一面作的；神卻是一位。

但中保本不是為單方設立的；上帝卻是一位。

但中保本不是為單方設立的；神卻是一位。

中間人代表雙方，但上帝則單方面賜下應許。

中保不是為單方面的，但神卻是一位。

立約的中間人原不是為着單方面的，乃是與神人兩面有關的；而發應許的上帝卻是獨當一面的。

不過中保沒有為一方的，神卻是一位。

夫中保非一人之中保、惟上帝乃一也、

中保設於二者之間、上帝其一也、

中保非為一、而天主乃一也、○

夫既曰居間、則顯非純屬一方之事；而天主固獨一無二也。

A mediator, however, implies more than one party; but God is one.

A go- between means that there is more than one side to an agreement. But God didn’t use a go- between when he made his promise to Abraham.

Now an intermediary implies more than one, but God is one.

Now a mediator is not just for one person alone, but God is one.

Now a mediator is not for one party only; but God is only one.

Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, but God is one.

Now a mediator is not a mediator of one; but God is one.

Now a mediator is not for just one person, but God is one.

Now a mediator is not[ a mediator] of one, but God is one.

Now an intermediary is not for one party alone, but God is one.

Now a mediator is not between one, but God is one.

For, There is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity— the man Christ Jesus.

“ Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone.

You have come to Jesus, the one who mediates the new covenant between God and people, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks of forgiveness instead of crying out for vengeance like the blood of Abel.

But now Jesus, our High Priest, has been given a ministry that is far superior to the old priesthood, for he is the one who mediates for us a far better covenant with God, based on better promises.

That is why he is the one who mediates a new covenant between God and people, so that all who are called can receive the eternal inheritance God has promised them. For Christ died to set them free from the penalty of the sins they had committed under that first covenant.

If only there were a mediator between us, someone who could bring us together.

After all, is God the God of the Jews only? Isn’t he also the God of the Gentiles? Of course he is.There is only one God, and he makes people right with himself only by faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles.

So the Lord made a covenant with Abram that day and said,“ I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River—

When Abram was ninety nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said,“ I am El Shaddai—‘ God Almighty.’ Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life.I will make a covenant with you, by which I will guarantee to give you countless descendants.”

Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they sent a delegation to make peace with him because their cities were dependent upon Herod’s country for food. The delegates won the support of Blastus, Herod’s personal assistant,

This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise.