13 Bible Verses about Under The Law
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Tell me, you who want to be still subject to Law--Why do not you listen to the Law?
I again declare to every one who receives circumcision, that he binds himself to obey the whole Law.
But, perhaps, you bear the name of 'Jew,' and are relying upon Law, and boast of belonging to God, and understand his will,
But, when the full time came, God sent his Son--born a woman's child, born subject to Law--
Surely, Brothers, you know (for I am speaking to men who know what Law means) that Law has power over a man only as long as he lives.
Now we know that everything said in the Law is addressed to those who are under its authority, in order that every mouth may be closed, and the whole world become liable to the judgment of God.
That is why all is made to depend upon faith, that all may be God's gift, and in order that the fulfillment of the promise may be made certain for all Abraham's descendants-not only for those who take their stand on the Law, but also for those who take their stand on the faith of Abraham. (He is the Father of us all;
Before the coming of faith, we were kept under the guard of the Law, in bondage, awaiting the Faith that was destined to be revealed.
Indeed, under the Law, almost everything is purified with blood; and, unless blood is shed, no forgiveness is to be obtained.
All who rely upon obedience to Law are under a curse, for Scripture says--'Cursed is every one who does not abide by all that is written in the Book of the Law, and do it.'
All who, when they sin, are without Law will also perish without Law; while all who, when they sin, are under Law, will be judged as being under Law.
To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win Jews. To those who are subject to Law I became like a man subject to Law-though I was not myself subject to Law-to win those who are subject to Law.
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Blood » Eating of, forbidden to » israelites » Under the law
Justification before God » Under the law » Man cannot attain to
For 'no human being will be pronounced righteous before God' as the result of obedience to Law; for it is Law that shows what sin is.
Justification before God » Under the law » Requires perfect obedience
It is not those who hear the words of a Law that are righteous before God, but it is those who obey it that will be pronounced righteous.
For Moses writes that, as for the righteousness which results from Law, 'those who practice it will find Life through it.'
For a man who has laid the Law, as a whole, to heart, but has failed in one particular, is liable for breaking all its provisions.