John 1:17

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Summary

John 1:17

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

The law

Grace

General references

Matthew 22:40

Acts 13:24

Bible References

The law

Think not that I will accuse you to the Father. The man who accuses you is Moses, in whom ye have hoped.

We know that God has spoken to Moses, but this man, we know not where he is from.

And God spoke all these words, saying,

And this is the law which Moses set before the sons of Israel.

And Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them.

Moses commanded for us a law, an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.

This is he who became in the congregation in the wilderness with the heavenly agent who spoke to him on the mount Sinai, and of our fathers who received living oracles to give to us.

And having appointed a day for him, more came to him into his lodging, to whom he expounded, solemnly testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them of the things about Jesus, both from the law of Moses and the prophets, from m

Now we know that as many things as the law says, it says to those in the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become accountable to God.

And the law entered so that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace was more abundant,

But if the administration of death in writings engraved on stones occurred in glory, so that the sons of Israel could not gaze upon the face of Moses because of the fading glory of his countenance,

For as many as are from works of law are under a curse, for it is written, Cursed is every man who does not continue in all things written in the book of the law, to do them.

And Moses was indeed faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of the things that were going to be spoken,

For, finding fault with them, he says, Behold, the days come, says Lord, and I will perfect a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

Grace

and ye will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.

Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father, except by me.

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. He shall bruise thy head, and thou shall bruise his heel.

and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou have obeyed my voice.

Mercy and truth are met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

I will sing of the loving kindness of LORD forever. With my mouth I will make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Thou will perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the loving kindness to Abraham, which thou have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

He helped his boy Israel to be reminded of mercy,

And because he raised him from the dead, no longer going to return to decay, he has spoken this way: I will give to you the faithful holy things of David.

But now a righteousness of God has been manifested independent of law, being witnessed by the law and the prophets.

so that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign, through righteousness, for eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

And I say, Christ Jesus became a helper of men of circumcision, for the sake of God's truth (in order to confirm the promises of the fathers),

For as many as be promises of God, in him is the Yes, and in him the Truly, for glory to God through us.

And almost all things, according to the law, are cleansed with blood, and remission does not occur without bloodshed.

For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

And all these, having been well reported through faith, did not receive the promise,

And when he took the book, the four beings and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp and golden bowls containing incense, which are the prayers of the sanctified.

After these things, I looked and lo, a great multitude, which none could number, out of every nation, and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palms in their ha

General references

On these two commandments hang all the law, and the prophets.

John having earlier proclaimed, before his coming presence, the immersion of repentance to Israel.