Galatians 3:21

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Is the law, therefore, 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 by the law.

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  • Gal 2:21 : 21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
  • Rom 3:20-22 : 20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. 21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, testified to by the Law and the Prophets. 22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
  • Rom 7:7-9 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.' 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead. 9 At one time I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin came to life and I died. 10 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death. 11 For sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death. 12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good. 13 Did what is good then become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, in order to be recognized as sin, used what is good to bring about my death, so that sin might become utterly sinful through the commandment.
  • Rom 9:31 : 31 but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, did not attain it.
  • Rom 10:3-6 : 3 For they are ignorant of the righteousness of God and seek to establish their own; they have not submitted to God’s righteousness. 4 For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. 5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.” 6 But the righteousness that is based on faith speaks as follows: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down)
  • Gal 2:17 : 17 But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!
  • Gal 2:19 : 19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ.
  • Rom 3:31 : 31 Do we then nullify the law by this faith? Absolutely not! Instead, we uphold the law.
  • Matt 5:17-20 : 17 Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter, not a single stroke of a pen, will disappear from the law until everything is accomplished. 19 So whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
  • Rom 3:4 : 4 Absolutely not! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written: "So that You may be justified in Your words and prevail when You are judged."
  • Rom 3:6 : 6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?
  • Phil 3:6-9 : 6 as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. 7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss because of Christ. 8 Indeed, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake, I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them garbage, in order that I may gain Christ, 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.
  • Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverent fear prepared an ark for the salvation of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

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  • Gal 3:17-20
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    17This is what I mean: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus cancel the promise.

    18For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God gave it to Abraham through a promise.

    19Why, then, was the law given? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise was made would come. It was administered through angels by a mediator.

    20Now a mediator implies more than one party, but God is one.

  • Gal 3:10-12
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    10For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.'

    11Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, 'The righteous will live by faith.'

    12The law is not based on faith; instead, it says, 'The person who does these things will live by them.'

  • Rom 3:20-22
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    20Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

    21But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, testified to by the Law and the Prophets.

    22This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

  • Gal 3:22-24
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    22But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise, by faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.

    23Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed.

    24So the law was our guardian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith.

  • Gal 2:21
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    21I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

  • Rom 3:30-31
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    30Since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through the same faith.

    31Do we then nullify the law by this faith? Absolutely not! Instead, we uphold the law.

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By the law of works? No, but by the law of faith.

    28For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

  • Gal 2:16-17
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    16yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we also have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

    17But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!

  • Rom 4:13-16
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    13For the promise to Abraham or his descendants that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

    14For if those who are of the law inherit, faith is made void, and the promise is nullified.

    15For the law brings wrath, and where there is no law, there is no transgression.

    16Therefore, the promise comes by faith, that it may be according to grace, so that it might be guaranteed to all the offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

  • Rom 7:7
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    7What shall we say then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.'

  • Rom 10:4-5
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    4For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

    5For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”

  • Gal 2:19
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    19For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ.

  • Acts 13:39
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    39Through Him, everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.

  • Rom 6:15
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    15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Certainly not!

  • Gal 3:14-15
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    14He redeemed us so that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

    15Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life: Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly ratified, so it is in this case.

  • Rom 7:13
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    13Did what is good then become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, in order to be recognized as sin, used what is good to bring about my death, so that sin might become utterly sinful through the commandment.

  • Gal 4:21
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    21Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?

  • Gal 3:5-6
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    5Does God supply the Spirit to you and work miracles among you by works of the law or by hearing with faith?

    6Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

  • Rom 8:2-3
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    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

    3For what the law could not do, weakened as it was by the flesh, God did. By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as a sin offering, He condemned sin in the flesh.

  • Rom 4:2
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    2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about—but not before God.

  • Rom 3:6
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    6Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?

  • Phil 3:9
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    9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.

  • Gal 3:2
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    2I only want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?

  • Rom 5:13
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    13For sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.

  • Gal 5:4
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    4You who are justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

  • Rom 2:13
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    13For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be justified.

  • Rom 9:30-31
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    30What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;

    31but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, did not attain it.

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For in the gospel, the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: 'The righteous will live by faith.'

  • Rom 7:9-10
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    9At one time I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin came to life and I died.

    10I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.