Galatians 3:21

Is the law therefore opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

Galatians 2:21

I do not set aside God's grace, because if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing!

Galatians 2:17

But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely 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 these things but to fulfill them.

Romans 3:4

Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written: "so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged."

Romans 3:6

Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world?

Romans 3:20-22

For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

Romans 3:31

Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead we uphold the law.

Romans 7:7-13

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, I would not have known sin except through the law. For indeed I would not have known what it means to desire something belonging to someone else if the law had not said, "Do not covet."

Romans 9:31

but Israel even though pursuing a law of righteousness did not attain it.

Romans 10:3-6

For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God's righteousness.

Galatians 2:19

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

Philippians 3:6-9

In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through 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 while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not!
Romans 3:4
Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written: "so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged."

General references

Deuteronomy 5:3
He did not make this covenant with our ancestors but with us, we who are here today, all of us living now.
Luke 10:26
He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you understand it?"

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