'Law' in the Bible

"Do not think that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets. I have not come to destroy [them] but to fulfill [them].

For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one tiny letter or one stroke of a letter will pass away from the law until all takes place.

Therefore [in] all [things], whatever you want that people should do to you, thus also you do to them. For this is the law and the prophets.

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John,

Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the sanctity of the Sabbath and are guiltless?

"Teacher, which commandment [is] greatest in the law?"

On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets."

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you pay a tenth of mint and dill and cumin, and neglect the more important [matters] of the law--justice and mercy and faithfulness! It was necessary to do these [things] {while not neglecting those}.

And when the days of their purification were completed according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present [him] to the Lord

(just as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male that opens the womb will be called holy to the Lord")

and to offer a sacrifice according to what was stated in the law of the Lord, "a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons."

And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus so that they could do for him according to what was customary under the law,

And when they had completed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

And it happened that on one of the days as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting [there] who {had come} from every village of Galilee and Judea and [from] Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was [there] in order [for] him to heal.

And he said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read [it]?"

"The law and the prophets [were] until John; from that time [on] the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urgently pressed into it.

But it is easier [for] heaven and earth to pass away than [for] one stroke of a letter of the law to become invalid.

And he said to them, "These [are] my words that I spoke to you [while I] was still with you, that everything that is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled."

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.

Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found [the one] whom Moses wrote [about] in the law, and the prophets wrote [about]--Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth!"

Has not Moses given you the law, and none of you carries out the law? Why do you seek to kill me?"

If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses would not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a whole man well on the Sabbath?

But this crowd who does not know the law is accursed!"

"Our law does not condemn a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, [does it]?"

Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?"

And even in your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.

Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, "You are gods" '?

Then the crowd replied to him, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains {forever}! And how do you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

But [this happened] so that the word that is written in their law would be fulfilled, 'They hated me without a reason.'

So Pilate said to them, "You take him and judge him according to your law!" The Jews said to him, "It is not permitted for us to kill anyone,"

The Jews replied to him, "We have a law, and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself out to be the Son of God!"

But a certain man stood up in the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee {named} Gamaliel, a teacher of the law respected by all the people, [and] gave orders to put the men outside for a short time.

And they put forward false witnesses who said, "This man does not stop speaking words against the holy place and the law!

[you] who received the law by directions of angels and have not observed [it]!"

So after the reading from the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent [word] to them, saying, "Men [and] brothers, if there is any message of exhortation by you for the people, say [it]."

"Therefore let it be known to you, men [and] brothers, that through this one forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and from all [the things] from which you were not able to be justified by the law of Moses,

But some of those who had believed from the party of the Pharisees stood up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them and to command [them] to observe the law of Moses!"

saying, "This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law!"

But if it is questions concerning a word and names and {your own law}, see to [it] yourselves! I do not wish to be a judge of these [things]."

And [when] they heard [this], they began to glorify God. And they said to him, "You see, brother, how many ten thousands there are among the Jews who have believed, and they are all zealous adherents of the law.

Take these [men] [and] purify yourself along with them and {pay their expenses} so that they can shave [their] heads, and everyone will know that [the things] which they had been informed about you are nothing, but you yourself also agree with observing the law.

shouting, "Israelite men, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place! And furthermore he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!"

"I am a Jewish man born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to the exactness of the law received from our fathers, being zealous for God, just as all [of] you are today.

And a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who live [there],

Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, [you] whitewashed wall! And are you sitting [there] judging me according to the law, and acting contrary to the law do you order me to be struck?"

I found {he} was accused concerning controversial questions of their law, but having no charge deserving death or imprisonment.

But I do confess this to you, that according to the Way (which they call a sect), so I worship the God of our fathers, believing all things [that are] in accordance with the law and that are written in the prophets,

[while] Paul said in his defense, "Neither against the law of the Jews nor against the temple nor against Caesar have I sinned with reference to anything!"

And [when they] had set a day with him, many more came to him at his lodging place, to whom he was explaining from early in the morning until evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and attempting to convince them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets.

For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

For it is not the hearers of the law [who are] righteous in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous.

For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things of the law, these, [although they] do not have the law, are a law to themselves,

who show the work of the law written on their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts [one] after another accusing or even defending them

But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God

and know his will and approve the things that are superior, [because you] are instructed by the law,

an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

Who boast in the law, by the transgression of the law you dishonor God!

For circumcision is of value if you do the law, but if you should be a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Therefore, if the uncircumcised person follows the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be credited for circumcision?

And the uncircumcised person by nature who carries out the law will judge you who, [though provided] with {the precise written code} and circumcision [are] a transgressor of the law.

Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those under the law, in order that every mouth may be closed and the whole world may become accountable to God.

For by the works of the law {no person will be declared righteous} before him, for through the law [comes] knowledge of sin.

But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified about by the law and the prophets--

Therefore, where [is] boasting? It has been excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

For we consider a person to be justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

Therefore, do we nullify the law through faith? May it never be! But we uphold the law.

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants, [that] he would be heir of the world, [was] not through the law, but through the righteousness by faith.

For if those of the law [are] heirs, faith is rendered void and the promise is nullified.

For the law produces wrath, but where [there] is no law, neither [is there] transgression.

Because of this, [it is] by faith, in order that [it may be] according to grace, so that the promise may be secure to all the descendants, not only to those of the law, but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

For until the law, sin was in the world, but sin is not charged to one's account [when there] is no law.

Now the law came in as a side issue, in order that the trespass could increase, but where sin increased, grace was present in greater abundance,

For sin will not be master over you, because you are not under law, but under grace.

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!

Or do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is master of a person for as long a time [as] he lives?

For the married woman is bound by law to [her] husband while he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the husband.

Therefore as a result, if she belongs to another man [while] her husband is living, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress [if she] belongs to another man.

So then, my brothers, you also were brought to death with respect to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.

For when we were in the flesh, sinful desires were working through the law in our members, to bear fruit for death.

But now we have been released from the law, [because we] have died [to that] by which we were bound, so that we may serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter [of the law].

What then shall we say? [Is] the law sin? May it never be! But I would not have known sin except through the law, for I would not have known covetousness if the law had not said, "Do not covet."

But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all [kinds of] covetousness. For apart from the law, sin [is] dead.

And I was alive once, apart from the law, but [when] the commandment came, sin sprang to life

So then, the law [is] holy, and the commandment [is] holy and righteous and good.

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, {sold into slavery to sin}.

But if what I do not want [to do], this I do, I agree with the law that [it is] good.

For I joyfully agree with the law of God in my inner person,

but I observe another law in my members, at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that exists in my members.

Thanks [be] to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself with my mind am enslaved to the law of God, but with my flesh [I am enslaved] to the law of sin.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.

For what [was] impossible for the law, in that it was weak through the flesh, God [did]. [By] sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

in order that the requirement of the law would be fulfilled in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

because the mindset of the flesh [is] enmity toward God, for [it is] not subjected to the law of God, for [it is] not able [to do so],

who are Israelites, [to] whom [belong] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the [temple] service, and the promises,

But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, did not attain to the law.

For Christ [is the] end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

For Moses writes about the righteousness [that is] from the law: "The person who does [this] will live by it."

Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another, for the one who loves someone else has fulfilled the law.

Love does not commit evil against a neighbor. Therefore love [is the] fulfillment of the law.

I am not saying these [things] according to a human perspective. Or does the law not also say these [things]?