Law

so that the law, indeed, <FI>is<Fi> holy, and the command holy, and righteous, and good.

What, then, shall we say? the law <FI>is<Fi> sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said:

Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,

for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;

and we have known that the law <FI>is<Fi> good, if any one may use it lawfully; — read the full passage →

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

and it is easier to the heaven and the earth to pass away, than of the law one tittle to fall.

for whoever the whole law shall keep, and shall stumble in one <FI>point<Fi> , he hath become guilty of all;

wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing,

having known also that a man is not declared righteous by works of law, if not through the faith of Jesus Christ, also we in Christ Jesus did believe, that we might be declared righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by works of law, wherefore declared righteous by works of law shall be no flesh.'

The law of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> stedfast, Making wise the simple, — read the full passage →

the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, <FI>is<Fi> the fulness of law.

`Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets--I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil; — read the full passage →

for all the law in one word is fulfilled--in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;

For Jehovah our judge, Jehovah our lawgiver, Jehovah our king--He doth save us.

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

I do not make void the grace of God, for if righteousness <FI>be<Fi> through law--then Christ died in vain.

Law then do we make useless through the faith? let it not be! yea, we do establish law.

`Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets--I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil;

for sin over you shall not have lordship, for ye are not under law, but under grace.

and he who did look into the perfect law--that of liberty, and did continue there, this one--not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work--this one shall be happy in his doing.

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

for what the law was not able to do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, His own Son having sent in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, did condemn the sin in the flesh,

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.

who received the law by arrangement of messengers, and did not keep <FI>it<Fi> .'

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God, — read the full passage →

What then? shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? let it not be!

Why, then, the law? on account of the transgressions it was added, till the seed might come to which the promise hath been made, having been set in order through messengers in the hand of a mediator--

The law of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> stedfast, Making wise the simple,

therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.

so that the law became our child-conductor--to Christ, that by faith we may be declared righteous,

And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.

ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away;

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled, — read the full passage →

because the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

The end of the whole matter let us hear: --`Fear God, and keep His commands, for this <FI>is<Fi> the whole of man.

All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;

for not the hearers of the law <FI>are<Fi> righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be declared righteous: --

Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.

With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.

the law, then, <FI>is<Fi> against the promises of God? --let it not be! for if a law was given that was able to make alive, truly by law there would have been the righteousness,

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like <FI>it<Fi> , this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; --greater than these there is no other command.'

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth,

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

Only, be very watchful to do the command and the law which Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commands, and to cleave to Him, and to serve Him, with all your heart, and with all your soul.'

for we have known that the law is spiritual, and I am fleshly, sold by the sin;

and now we have ceased from the law, that being dead in which we were held, so that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.

and from all things from which ye were not able in the law of Moses to be declared righteous, in this one every one who is believing is declared righteous;

Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.

<FI> Aleph.<Fi> O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,

and Jesus answered him--`The first of all the commands <FI>is<Fi> , Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one; — read the full passage →

The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,

And the kindness of Jehovah <FI>Is<Fi> from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons, — read the full passage →

and if by the Spirit ye are led, ye are not under law.

render, therefore, to all <FI>their<Fi> dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour. — read the full passage →

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

And law came in, that the offence might abound, and where the sin did abound, the grace did overabound,

for the law doth work wrath; for where law is not, neither <FI>is<Fi> transgression.

and he said to them, `Give back, therefore, the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'

in that I am commanding thee to-day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commands, and His statutes, and His judgments; and thou hast lived and multiplied, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in the land whither thou art going in to possess it.

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

`And God speaketh all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

the enmity in his flesh, the law of the commands in ordinances having done away, that the two he might create in himself into one new man, making peace,

for as many as are of works of law are under a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed <FI>is<Fi> every one who is not remaining in all things that have been written in the Book of the Law--to do them,'

So that, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of the Christ, for your becoming another's, who out of the dead was raised up, that we might bear fruit to God;

he who is saying, `I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready,

Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man--every one who is judging--for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging, — read the full passage →

the law and the prophets <FI>are<Fi> till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press into it;

And he came to Nazareth, where he hath been brought up, and he went in, according to his custom, on the sabbath-day, to the synagogue, and stood up to read;

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word; and concerning these things I counsel thee to affirm fully, that they may be thoughtful, to be leading in good works--who have believed God; these are the good and profitable things to men,

Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience,

And now apart from law hath the righteousness of God been manifested, testified to by the law and the prophets,

`And now, Israel, what is Jehovah thy God asking from thee, except to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, — read the full passage →

we by nature Jews, and not sinners of the nations, — read the full passage →

Are ye ignorant, brethren--for to those knowing law I speak--that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth? — read the full passage →

`Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets--I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil; — read the full passage →

Remember ye the law of Moses My servant, That I did command him in Horeb, For all Israel--statutes and judgments.

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;

And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

and the sting of the death <FI>is<Fi> the sin, and the power of the sin the law;

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another; — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.