Romans 3:31

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Summary

Romans 3:31

Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Do we

Galatians 3:17

Yea

Bible References

Do we

For if it is the righteous through Law who are heirs, then faith is useless and the promise counts for nothing.

"Do not for a moment suppose that I have come to abrogate the Law or the Prophets: I have not come to abrogate them but to give them their completion.

he shall be absolved from honouring his father'; and so you have abrogated God's Word for the sake of your tradition.

I do not nullify the grace of God; for if acquittal from guilt is obtainable through the Law, then Christ has died in vain."

I mean that the Covenant which God had already formally made is not abrogated by the Law which was given four hundred and thirty years later--so as to annul the promise.

Yea

What follows? Is the Law itself a sinful thing? No, indeed; on the contrary, unless I had been taught by the Law, I should have known nothing of sin as sin. For instance, I should not have known what covetousness is, if the Law had not repeatedly said, "Thou shalt not covet."

in order that in our case the requirements of the Law might be fully met. For our lives are regulated not by our earthly, but by our spiritual natures.

For as a means of righteousness Christ is the termination of Law to every believer.

Owe nothing to any one except mutual love; for he who loves his fellow man has satisfied the demands of Law.

"Let it be so on this occasion," Jesus replied; "for so we ought to fulfil every religious duty." Then he consented;

For I assure you that unless your righteousness greatly surpasses that of the Scribes and the Pharisees, you will certainly not find entrance into the Kingdom of the Heavens.

to men without Law as if I were without Law--although I am not without Law in relation to God but am abiding in Christ's Law--in order to win those who are without Law.

for it is by the Law that I have died to the Law, in order that I may live to God.

But if the Spirit is leading you, you are not subject to Law.

And the Holy Spirit also gives us His testimony; for when He had said,

If, however, you are keeping the Law as supreme, in obedience to the Commandment which says "You are to love your fellow man just as you love yourself," you are acting rightly.