Galatians 3:21

Is the law therefore contrary to God’s promises? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly be by the law.

Galatians 2:21

I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

Galatians 2:17

But if we ourselves are also found to be “sinners” while seeking to be justified by Christ, is Christ then a promoter of sin? Absolutely not!

Matthew 5:17-20

“Don’t assume that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.

Romans 3:4

Absolutely not! God must be true, even if everyone is a liar, as it is written:

That You may be justified in Your words
and triumph when You judge.

Romans 3:6

Absolutely not! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?

Romans 3:20-22

For no one will be justified in His sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.

Romans 3:31

Do we then cancel the law through faith? Absolutely not! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

Romans 7:7-13

What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin if it were not for the law. For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, Do not covet.

Romans 9:31

But Israel, pursuing the law for righteousness, has not achieved the righteousness of the law.

Romans 10:3-6

Because they disregarded the righteousness from God and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to God’s righteousness.

Galatians 2:19

For through the law I have died to the law, so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ

Philippians 3:6-9

regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, after he was warned about what was not yet seen and motivated by godly fear, built an ark to deliver his family. By faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

General references

Bible References

God forbid

Galatians 2:17
But if we ourselves are also found to be “sinners” while seeking to be justified by Christ, is Christ then a promoter of sin? Absolutely not!
Romans 3:4
Absolutely not! God must be true, even if everyone is a liar, as it is written:

That You may be justified in Your words
and triumph when You judge.

General references

Deuteronomy 5:3
He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.
Luke 10:26
“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?”

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