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; there is one that accuses you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.

We know that God spoke unto Moses; as for this fellow, we do not know 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 all Israel and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and rights which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them and keep them, to do them.

Moses commanded us law as inheritance unto the congregation of Jacob.

This is he, who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him in the Mount Sinai and with our fathers, who received the oracles of life to give unto us;

And when they had appointed him a day, many came to him into his lodging, to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, procuring to persuade them of that concerning Jesus, the Christ, out of the law of Moses and out of the prophets, from morning until evening.

Now we know that all that the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may submit themselves unto God.

Moreover the law entered that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound,

But if the ministry of death in the letter engraved in stones was glorious, so that the sons of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance which glory was to fade away,

For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, Cursed is every one that continues not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

And Moses verily was faithful over all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after,

For finding fault with them, he said, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new testament with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

Grace

and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.

Jesus said unto him, I AM the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes unto the Father, but by me.

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

and in thy seed shall all the Gentiles of the earth be blessed because thou hast hearkened unto my voice.

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

I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

He has remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the saving health of our God.

Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the times of old.

He has received his servant Israel in remembrance of his mercy

And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said this, I will give you the sure mercies promised to David.

But now, without the law, the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets:

so that in the same manner as sin has reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus, the Christ, our Lord.

So that sin shall have no dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Now I say that Christ Jesus, was a minister of the circumcision, by the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers;

For all the promises of God are yes in him, and in him Amen, by us for the glory of God.

And almost all things are by the law purged with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.

For the blood of bulls and of goats cannot take away sins.

And these all, approved by testimony of faith, received not the promise,

And when he had taken the book, the four animals and the twenty-four elders fell on their faces before the Lamb, each one of them having harps, and golden vials full of incense, which are the prayers of saints.

After this I saw, and, behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and peoples and tongues stood before the throne and before the Lamb clothed with long white robes and palms in their hands

General references

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

John, having first proclaimed before his coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.