This then I say, that the law, which was given four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul the covenant, which was so long before confirmed by God unto Christ, to make void the promise.

For if the inheritance be from the law, it is no more from the promise: whereas God gave it to Abraham by promise.

What then availeth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come, to whom the promise was made; and it was delivered by angels in the hand of a mediator.

Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? not at all: for if a law had been given, which could have confered life, certainly righteousness would have been by the law.

But before faith came, we were kept shut up under the law, till the faith appeared which was to be revealed.

So that the law was our guide to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son born of a woman made under the law,

that He might redeem those that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

Tell me, you that are so desirous to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

And I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to the whole law.

Christ is become nothing to you, whosoever of you are seeking to be justified by the law: ye are fallen from the grace of the gospel.

For all the law is fulfilled in one precept, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

But if ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

gentleness, goodness, fidelity, meekness, temperance: against such things there is no law.

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

For they, who are circumcised, do not themselves keep the law: but they would have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that He might form the two into one new man, in Himself, so making peace;

having been circumcised on the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of Hebrews, with respect to the law a pharisee,

as to zeal persecuting the church, as to the righteousness of the law blameless: but those things,

not having my own righteousness which is of the law, but that which is by the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: that I may know Him,

Lie not one to another, seeing ye have put off the old man with his evil practices;

And for this cause God will send upon them the efficacy of error, so that they shall themselves believe the lie:

desiring to be teachers of the law, though they neither understand what they say, nor what things they assert.

But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;

knowing this, that a law does not lie against a righteous person, but against the lawless and unruly, the impious and wicked, the unholy and profane,

for which I was appointed a herald and an apostle. I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not; I am a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

If thou lay these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, as one brought up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, to which thou hast attained.

Lay hands on no man precipitately, and be not hereby a partaker in the sins of others. Keep thyself pure.

Maintain the glorious combat of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which thou hast been called, and hast made a good profession before many witnesses.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before all ages;

But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and strifes and contentions about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain:

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to fail, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us;

And those indeed of the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment according to the law to take tithes of the people, that is, of their brethren, though they came out of the loins of Abraham:

Now if perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law) what farther need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchisedec, and not after the order of Aaron?

For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change also of the law.

who is made not according to the law of a temporary command, but according to the power of an endless life.

for the law made nothing perfect, but the introducing of a better hope did, by which we draw near to God.

For the law appointeth men high-priests, who have infirmity; but the oath, recorded since the law, appointeth the Son to be priest for ever, being fully perfected for it.

For if He were on earth, He could not be a priest, seeing there are priests already that offer gifts according to the law:

for when every command was spoken according to the law, by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the book and all the people,

And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood; and without shedding of blood there is no remission.

For the law having but a faint shadow of good things to come, and not the full image of the things, can never, even by the great annual sacrifices which they offer statedly, make the comers thereunto perfect.

then said I, Lo I come, as in the volume of the book it is written of me, to do thy will, O God."

Having said before, "Thou didst not desire, nor hadst pleasure in, sacrifice and offering, and whole burnt-offerings, and sacrifices for sin," (which are offered by the law) then He adds,

"Lo I come to do thy will, O God." (He taketh away the first, that He may establish the second.)

And indeed every priest under the law standeth daily ministring, and frequently offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

If any one that violateth the law of Moses, dieth without mercy under two or three witnesses,

Having therefore so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every incumbrance, and the sin that easily besets us, and run with patience the race that is set before us,

Let the brother that is low rejoice in his exaltation: but the rich in his humiliation,

But he that looketh well into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

If ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, which saith, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well.

But if ye partially respect persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

For whosoever shall keep the whole law besides, but offend in one point, he is under the penalty of all:

for He that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou do not commit adultery, but committest murder, thou art a transgressor of the law.

So speak, and so act, as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty.

but if ye have bitter envy and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth;

Speak not against one another, my brethren; he that speaketh against his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law; but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Whence also it is said in scripture, Behold I lay in Sion a chief corner-stone, choice and precious: and he that confideth on it shall not be ashamed.

knowing that I must soon lay down this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

If we say that we have communion with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practise the truth:

I have not therefore written to you, because ye know not the truth; but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

Every one that committeth sin, transgresseth the law; for sin is the violation of the law.

In this we know his love, that He laid down his life for us: and we should be ready to lay down our lives for the brethren.

But to you I say, to the rest in Thyatira, As many as do not hold this doctrine, and who are unacquainted with the depths of Satan, as they speak, I will lay on you no other burden:

And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne, and of the four animals, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb, as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth.

And when He opened the third seal, I heard the third animal say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo, a black horse, and he that sat upon it had a balance in his hand.

After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no one could number, out of all nations, and tribes, and people, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and with palms in their hands;