What Does the Bible Say About Purpose of the Law?
Here are 13 Bible verses about Purpose of the Law, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #1Romans 7:7
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
BSBWhat then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
- #2Galatians 3:24
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
BSBSo the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
- #3Matthew 5:17
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
BSBDo not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.
- #4James 2:10
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
BSBWhoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
- #5Galatians 3:19
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
BSBWhy then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
- #6Galatians 3:21
Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
BSBIs the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.
- #7James 2:12
So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
BSBSpeak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.
- #8Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
BSBFor it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast.
- #9Romans 6:14
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
BSBFor sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
- #10Galatians 2:16
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
BSBknow that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
- #11Romans 3:20
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
BSBTherefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
- #12Romans 6:15
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
BSBWhat then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!
- #13Romans 3:28
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
BSBFor we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
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