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

Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope.

We know that God has spoken to Moses. But this man—we don’t know where He’s from!”

Then God spoke all these words:

This is the law Moses gave the Israelites.

Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “Israel, listen to the statutes and ordinances I am proclaiming as you hear them today. Learn and follow them carefully.

Moses gave us instruction,
a possession for the assembly of Jacob.

He is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors. He received living oracles to give to us.

After arranging a day with him, many came to him at his lodging. From dawn to dusk he expounded and witnessed about the kingdom of God. He tried to persuade them concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

Now we know that whatever the law says speaks to those who are subject to the law,

so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.

The law came along to multiply the trespass. But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more

Now if the ministry of death, chiseled in letters on stones, came with glory, so that the Israelites were not able to look directly at Moses’ face because of the glory from his face—a fading glory—

For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written: Everyone who does not continue doing everything written in the book of the law is cursed.

Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s household, as a testimony to what would be said in the future.

But finding fault with His people, He says:

Look, the days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah—

Grace

You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

I will put hostility between you and the woman,
and between your seed and her seed.
He will strike your head,
and you will strike his heel.

And all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring because you have obeyed My command.”

Faithful love and truth will join together;
righteousness and peace will embrace.

A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.I will sing about the Lord’s faithful love forever;
I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations
with my mouth.

He has remembered His love
and faithfulness to the house of Israel;
all the ends of the earth
have seen our God’s victory.

You will show loyalty to Jacob
and faithful love to Abraham,
as You swore to our fathers
from days long ago.

He has helped His servant Israel,
mindful of His mercy,

Since He raised Him from the dead, never to return to decay, He has spoken in this way, I will grant you the faithful covenant blessings

made to David.

But now, apart from the law, God’s righteousness has been revealed—attested by the Law and the Prophets

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

For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under law but under grace.

For I say that the Messiah became a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises to the fathers,

For every one of God’s promises is “Yes” in Him. Therefore, the “Amen” is also spoken through Him by us for God’s glory.

According to the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

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

All these were approved through their faith, but they did not receive what was promised,

When He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the 24 elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were robed in white with palm branches in their hands.

General references

All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commands.”

Before He came to public attention, John had previously proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.