Romans 3:31
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31 Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.
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Galatians 2:21
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21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for (A)if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died [a]in vain.”
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- Galatians 2:21 for nothing
Matthew 5:17
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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.
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Romans 8:4
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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.
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1 Corinthians 9:21
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21 (A)to (B)those who are without law, as without law (C)(not being without [a]law toward God, but under [b]law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law;
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- 1 Corinthians 9:21 NU God’s law
- 1 Corinthians 9:21 NU Christ’s law
Romans 13:8-10
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Love Your Neighbor(A)
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for (B)he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, (C)“You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” [a]“You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, (D)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore (E)love is the fulfillment of the law.
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- Romans 13:9 NU omits “You shall not bear false witness,”
Romans 10:4
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4 For (A)Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
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Romans 7:7-14
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Sin’s Advantage in the Law
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, (A)I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, (B)“You shall not covet.” 8 But (C)sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all manner of evil desire. For (D)apart from the law sin was dead. 9 I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. 10 And the commandment, (E)which was to bring life, I found to bring death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me. 12 Therefore (F)the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.
Law Cannot Save from Sin
13 Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, (G)sold under sin.
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Galatians 3:17-19
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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.
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- Galatians 3:17 NU omits in Christ
James 2:8-12
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8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, (A)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well; 9 but if you [a]show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as (B)transgressors. 10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet (C)stumble in one point, (D)he is guilty of all. 11 For He who said, (E)“Do not commit adultery,” also said, (F)“Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by (G)the law of liberty.
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- James 2:9 Lit. receive the face
Jeremiah 8:8-9
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8 “How can you say, ‘We are wise,
(A)And the law of the Lord is with us’?
Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood.
9 (B)The wise men are ashamed,
They are dismayed and taken.
Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord;
So (C)what wisdom do they have?
Galatians 2:19
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19 For I (A)through the law (B)died to the law that I might (C)live to God.
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Romans 7:25
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25 (A)I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
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Romans 7:22
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22 For I (A)delight in the law of God according to (B)the inward man.
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Romans 4:14
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14 For (A)if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no effect,
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Romans 3:4
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4 (A)Certainly not! Indeed, let (B)God be [a]true but (C)every man a liar. As it is written:
(D)“That You may be justified in Your words,
And may overcome when You are judged.”
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- Romans 3:4 Found true
Matthew 15:6
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6 then he need not honor his father [a]or mother.’ Thus you have made the [b]commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.
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- Matthew 15:6 NU omits or mother
- Matthew 15:6 NU word
Matthew 5:20
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20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds (A)the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
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Matthew 3:15
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15 But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him.
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Jeremiah 31:33-34
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33 (A)But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: (B)I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their [a]hearts; (C)and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for (D)they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For (E)I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”
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- Jeremiah 31:33 Lit. inward parts
Isaiah 42:21
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Israel’s Obstinate Disobedience
21 The Lord is well pleased for His righteousness’ sake;
He will exalt the law and make it honorable.
Psalm 119:126
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126 It is time for You to act, O Lord,
For they have [a]regarded Your law as void.
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- Psalm 119:126 broken Your law
Psalm 40:8
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Hebrews 10:15-16
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15 But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us; for after He had said before,
16 (A)“This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,”
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Galatians 5:18-23
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18 But (A)if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 Now (B)the works of the flesh are evident, which are: [a]adultery, [b]fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, [c]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that (C)those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But (D)the fruit of the Spirit is (E)love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, (F)goodness, (G)faithfulness, 23 [d]gentleness, self-control. (H)Against such there is no law.
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- Galatians 5:19 NU omits adultery
- Galatians 5:19 sexual immorality
- Galatians 5:21 NU omits murders
- Galatians 5:23 meekness
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