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But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’. So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”.
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- 1 John 3:4 ESV / 147 helpful votes. Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
- Romans 3:20 ESV / 135 helpful votes. For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
- Romans 7:12 ESV / 133 helpful votes. So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
- Romans 7:7 ESV / 129 helpful votes. What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin.
- Galatians 2:16
- Matthew 22:36–40
- Romans 3:19–20
- Psalm 19:7–9
- John 1:16–17
- Matthew 5:17–18
- Romans 2:12–16
- 1 John 3:4
- Galatians 6:2
- Romans 13:8–10
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“Justified” means “counted righteous” or “declared righteous” by God (see ESV footnote). If people were sinless and perfectly obeyed all of God’s perfect moral standards, they could be justified or “declared righteous” on the basis of their own merits. But Paul says that this is impossible for any Gentile or even for any Jew to do (cf. Romans 1–2). we know that a person is not justified by works of the law. Paul saw that Christ had taught justification by faith, and so he called God the one “...
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the great commandment. The rabbis engaged in an ongoing debate to determine which commandments were “light” and which were “weighty” (cf. 23:23; and note on 5:19). The Lawrefers here to the entire OT. love the Lord your God … heart … soul … mind.This command from Deut. 6:5, repeated twice daily by faithful Jews, encapsulates the idea of total devotion to God and includes the duty to obey the rest of God’s commandments (cf. Matt. 5:16–20). “Heart,” “soul,” and “mind” do not represent rigid com...
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These verses represent the culmination and conclusion of vv. 9–18 and all of 1:18–3:20, showing that all, without exception, are sinners. The law here, as is typically the case in Romans, refers to the Mosaic law. Those under the laware the Jews. But why is every mouth left without excuse and condemned before God if the law is addressed only to the Jews? Paul’s logic is that if the Jews, who are God’s special covenant people, cannot keep the law, then it follows that Gentiles, who are taught...
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reviving the soul. That is, giving refreshment (see Prov. 25:13, “refreshes the soul”; Ps. 23:3 uses a similar expression). Sure, or trustworthy. simple. pure. Unmixed with evil (cf. 24:4). enlightening the eyes. For the eyes to have light or to be bright is for the person to be alert and active (cf. 1 Sam. 14:27; Ezra 9:8; Ps. 13:3; 38:10; Prov. 29:13). The fear of the LORD often means revering God, but here it is the revealed way by which one properly reveres God, i.e., the precepts of the...
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Grace indicates God’s (unmerited) favor that brings blessing and joy. Grace and truth most likely recalls the Hebrew behind the phrase “steadfast love [Hb. hesed] and faithfulness [Hb. ’emet]” in Ex. 34:6 (cf. Ex. 33:18–19), where the expression refers to God’s covenant faithfulness to his people Israel. According to John, God’s covenant faithfulness found ultimate expression in his sending of his one-of-a-kind Son, Jesus Christ. The contrast is not that the Mosaic law was bad and Jesus is go...
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The Messianic Kingdom in Relation to the Law. Verses 17–20 explain how Jesus and the kingdom fulfill the law of Moses; this is the key to interpreting the Sermon on the Mount and indeed the whole of Jesus’ ministry. Jesus then offers six antitheses (vv. 21–48) that contrast proper and false interpretation and application of the OT. abolish the Law or the Prophets. The “Law” or “Torah” refers to the first five books of the OT, while the “Prophets” includes the rest of the OT, all of which was...
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All will be judged according to the standard they had. The Gentiles will perish (i.e., face final judgment) because of their sin (cf. vv. 14–15) even though they are without the law (they don’t have the written laws of the OT). The Jews are not spared judgment simply because they possess the law (of the OT), for those who transgress the law will be judgedfor their transgressions. Paul reaffirms the principle enunciated in vv. 6–11, that the doers of the law are the ones who are righteous befo...
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Children of God and the Forsaking of Sin. To confess the Son and to have the Father (2:23) profoundly alters daily living. Lawlessness (Gk. anomia) is activity bereft of God’s guidance and in violation of his law. sin is lawlessness.Even Christians sin (1:9; 2:1), so it may seem like a trivial matter. But to disregard sin’s grave implications is disastrous.
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To bear one another’s burdens is the supreme imitation of Jesus, the ultimate burden-bearer (see Rom. 15:1–3). He has even gone to the length of taking mankind’s sins (Gal. 1:4) and the curse of the law (3:13) upon himself. and so fulfill the law of Christ.Though Paul insists that the Galatians are free from obeying Jewish ceremonial laws (see note on 2:11–12), this does not mean they are free from all of God’s moral requirements. The “law of Christ” in a broad sense means the entire body of...
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Verses 8–10 focus on the Christian’s relationship to the Mosaic law. Owe no one anythinglinks back to v. 7, and thus the command does not prohibit all borrowing but means that one should always “pay what is owed” (see v. 7), fulfilling whatever repayment agreements have been made. The debt one never ceases paying is the call to love one another. Indeed, love fulfills what the Mosaic law demands. Paul cites several OT commandments regarding responsibility to others, all of which are summed up...
- The Law of God is good, holy, and just. “Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good” (Romans 7:12).
- The Law of God is truth. “Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Your law is truth” (Psalms 119:142). “You are near, O LORD, And all Your commandments are truth” (Psalms 119:151).
- The Law of God is perfect, sure, right, and pure. “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;
- The Law of God is not burdensome. ”For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome” (1 John 5:3).
Oct 28, 2021 · They chose disobedience and transgressed, or violated God’s law. As 1 John 3:4 says, “Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.”. Sin is often referred to in the Bible as a “transgression” or a “trespass.”. The Greek word translated “trespasses” in Ephesians 2:1, paraptōma, is a lapse or deviation from ...
4 days ago · James 1:25. “But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.”. James refers to God’s law as the perfect law of liberty. By obeying it, we experience true freedom.
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Definition. The law of God is first understood in terms of who God is as the Creator and Lord, and then in its covenantal context of instruction and demand for God’s people. In Scripture, it is used in a number of distinguishable but related ways that center on who God is and our relationship to him as his image-bearers and people.
