Galatians 3:21

Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.

Galatians 2:21

I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.

Galatians 2:17

But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!

Matthew 5:17-20

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

Romans 3:4

By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, "That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged."

Romans 3:6

By no means! For then how could God judge the world?

Romans 3:20-22

For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

Romans 3:31

Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

Romans 7:7-13

What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, "You shall not covet."

Romans 9:31

but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousnessdid not succeed in reaching that law.

Romans 10:3-6

For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.

Galatians 2:19

For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God.

Philippians 3:6-9

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this 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, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!
Romans 3:4
By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, "That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged."

General references

Deuteronomy 5:3
Not with our fathers did the LORD make this covenant, but with us, who are all of us here alive today.
Luke 10:26
He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How do you read it?"

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