So is the Law in conflict with the promises of God? Of course not! For if a law had been given that could give us life, then certainly righteousness would come through the Law.

Now before faith came about, we were held in custody and confined under the Law in preparation for the faith that was to be revealed.

And so the Law was our guardian until the Messiah came, so that we might be justified by faith.

But when the appropriate time had come, God sent his Son, born by a woman, born under the Law,

in order to redeem those who were under the Law, and thus to adopt them as his children.

Tell me, those of you who want to live under the Law: Are you really listening to what the Law says?

Again, I insist that everyone who allows himself to be circumcised is obligated to obey the entire Law.

Those of you who are trying to be justified by the Law have been cut off from the Messiah. You have fallen away from grace.

For the whole Law is summarized in a single statement: "You must love your neighbor as yourself."

But if you are being led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.

gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.

Practice carrying each other's burdens. In this way you will fulfill the law of the Messiah.

Why, not even those who are circumcised obey the Law! They simply want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your external appearance.

He rendered the Law inoperative, along with its commandments and regulations, thus creating in himself one new humanity from the two, thereby making peace,

Having been circumcised on the eighth day, I am of the nation of Israel, from the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. As far as the Law is concerned, I was a Pharisee.

As for my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church. As far as righteousness in the Law is concerned, I was blameless.

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the Law, but one that comes through the faithfulness of the Messiah, the righteousness that comes from God and that depends on faith.

Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old nature with its practices

Fathers, do not make your children resentful. Otherwise, they'll become discouraged.

For this reason, God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie.

They want to be teachers of the Law, yet they do not understand either what they are talking about or the things about which they speak so confidently.

Of course, we know that the Law is good if a person uses it legitimately,

that is, if he understands that the Law is not intended for righteous people but for lawbreakers and rebels, for ungodly people and sinners, for those who are unholy and irreverent, for those who kill their fathers, their mothers, or other people,

which is based on the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began.

But avoid foolish controversies, arguments about genealogies, quarrels, and fights about the Law. These things are useless and worthless.

Do all you can to send Zenas the expert in the Law and Apollos on their way, and see that they have everything they need.

The descendants of Levi who accept the priesthood have a commandment in the Law to collect a tenth from the people, that is, from their own brothers, even though they are also descendants of Abraham.

Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood for on this basis the people received the Law what further need would there be to speak of appointing another kind of priest according to the order of Melchizedek, not one according to the order of Aaron?

When a change in the priesthood takes place, there must also be a change in the Law.

since the Law made nothing perfect, and a better hope is presented, by which we approach God.

For the Law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the promised oath, which came after the Law, results in a Son who is eternally perfect.

Now if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, because other men offer the gifts prescribed by the Law.

For after every commandment in the Law had been spoken to all the people by Moses, he took the blood of calves and goats, together with some water, scarlet wool, and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,

In fact, under the Law almost everything is cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of the blood there is no forgiveness.

For the Law, being only a reflection of the blessings to come and not their substance, can never make perfect those who come near by the same sacrifices repeatedly offered year after year.

In this passage he says, "You never wanted or took delight in sacrifices, offerings, burnt offerings, and sin offerings," which are offered according to the Law.

Anyone who violates the Law of Moses dies without mercy "on the testimony of two or three witnesses."

But the one who looks at the perfect law of freedom and remains committed to it thereby demonstrating that he is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of what that law requires will be blessed in what he does.

Nevertheless, you are doing the right thing if you obey the royal Law in keeping with the Scripture, "You must love your neighbor as yourself."

But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and will be convicted by the Law as violators.

For whoever keeps the whole Law but fails in one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

For the one who said, "Never commit adultery," also said, "Never murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but you murder, you become a violator of the Law.

You must make it your habit to speak and act like people who are going to be judged by the law of liberty.

Do not criticize each other, brothers. Whoever makes it his habit to criticize his brother or to judge his brother is judging the Law and condemning the Law. But if you condemn the Law, you are not a practicer of the Law but its judge.

"He never sinned, and he never told a lie."

The anointing you received from God abides in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you this. Instead, because God's anointing teaches you about everything and is true and not a lie, abide in him, as he taught you to do.

Their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified.

In their mouth no lie was found. They are blameless.