Romans 7:10
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10 and I died. So I discovered that the law’s commands, which were supposed to bring life, brought spiritual death instead.
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2 Corinthians 3:7
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The Glory of the New Covenant
7 The old way,[a] with laws etched in stone, led to death, though it began with such glory that the people of Israel could not bear to look at Moses’ face. For his face shone with the glory of God, even though the brightness was already fading away.
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Romans 10:5
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Salvation Is for Everyone
5 For Moses writes that the law’s way of making a person right with God requires obedience to all of its commands.[a]
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Leviticus 18:5
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5 If you obey my decrees and my regulations, you will find life through them. I am the Lord.
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Galatians 3:12
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12 This way of faith is very different from the way of law, which says, “It is through obeying the law that a person has life.”[a]
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Luke 10:27-29
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27 The man answered, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”[a]
28 “Right!” Jesus told him. “Do this and you will live!”
29 The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
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Ezekiel 20:21
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21 “But their children, too, rebelled against me. They refused to keep my decrees and follow my regulations, even though obedience would have given them life. And they also violated my Sabbath days. So again I threatened to pour out my fury on them in the wilderness.
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Ezekiel 20:11
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11 There I gave them my decrees and regulations so they could find life by keeping them.
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Ezekiel 20:13
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13 “But the people of Israel rebelled against me, and they refused to obey my decrees there in the wilderness. They wouldn’t obey my regulations even though obedience would have given them life. They also violated my Sabbath days. So I threatened to pour out my fury on them, and I made plans to utterly consume them in the wilderness.
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