Christ Fulfills the Law

^17 (A)“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.

⁴ For ^(A)Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

^17 (A)And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one ^[a]tittle of the law to fail.

⁴ But ^(A)when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, ^(B)born^{[a] (C)}of a woman, ^(D)born under the law, ^5 (E)to redeem those who were under the law, ^(F)that we might receive the adoption as sons.

⁴ that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who ^(A)do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

³¹ Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.

Israel’s Obstinate Disobedience

¹⁷ And this I say, that the law, ^(A)which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God ^[a]in Christ, ^(B)that it should make the promise of no effect. ¹⁸ For if ^(C)the inheritance is of the law, ^(D)it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

Purpose of the Law

¹⁹ What purpose then does the law serve? ^(E)It was added because of transgressions, till the ^(F)Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ^(G)appointed through angels by the hand ^(H)of a mediator. ²⁰ Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, ^(I)but God is one.

²¹ Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law. ²² But the Scripture has confined ^(J)all under sin, ^(K)that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. ²³ But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, ^[b]kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. ²⁴ Therefore ^(L)the law was our ^[c]tutor to bring us to Christ, ^(M)that we might be justified by faith.

¹⁶ So let no one ^(A)judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a ^[a]festival or a new moon or sabbaths, ^17 (B)which are a shadow of things to come, but the ^[b]substance is of Christ.