Gálatas 3:20

20 Ahora bien, no hace falta mediador si hay una sola parte, y sin embargo Dios es uno solo.

Gálatas 3:20 Meaning and Commentary

Galatians 3:20

Now a mediator is not a mediator of one
A mediator supposes two parties he stands between, and these at a distance from, or disagreeing with each other; where there is but one party, there can be no need of, nor any reason for, a mediator; so Christ is the Mediator between God and men, the daysman, ( Job 9:33 ) , that lays his hands upon them both; and Moses, he was the mediator between God and the Israelites:

but God is one;
not in person, for there are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one, in nature and essence; so that though there are three persons, there is but one God, and who is the God both of Jews and Gentiles; who is of one mind concerning them, and has taken them into one and the same covenant, and makes use of one and the same method in the justification of them: but the true sense of the phrase here is, that whereas a mediator supposes two parties at variance, "God is one of the two"; as the Ethiopic version reads the words; he is a party offended, that stands off, and at a distance, which the law given by angels in the hand of a mediator shows; so that that is rather a sign of disagreement and alienation, and consequently that justification is not to be expected by it.

Gálatas 3:20 In-Context

18 Si la herencia se basa en la ley, ya no se basa en la promesa; pero Dios se la concedió gratuitamente a Abraham mediante una promesa.

19 Entonces, ¿cuál era el propósito de la ley? Fue añadida por causa de las transgresiones hasta que viniera la descendencia a la cual se hizo la promesa. La ley se promulgó por medio de ángeles, por conducto de un mediador.

20 Ahora bien, no hace falta mediador si hay una sola parte, y sin embargo Dios es uno solo.

21 Si esto es así, ¿estará la ley en contra de las promesas de Dios? ¡De ninguna manera! Si se hubiera promulgado una ley capaz de dar vida, entonces sí que la justicia se basaría en la ley.

22 Pero la Escritura declara que todo el mundo es prisionero del pecado, para que mediante la fe en Jesucristo lo prometido se les conceda a los que creen.