Purpose Of The Law

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →

Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; — read the full passage →

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. — read the full passage →

Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? — read the full passage →

Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. — read the full passage →

Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: — read the full passage →

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

I would they were even cut off which trouble you.

Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. — read the full passage →

But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. — read the full passage →

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. — read the full passage →

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.

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. — read the full passage →

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. — read the full passage →

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. — read the full passage →

Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; — read the full passage →

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: — read the full passage →

Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) — read the full passage →

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, — read the full passage →

But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.

Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. — read the full passage →

O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? — read the full passage →

I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? — read the full passage →