Quotes About Law

The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace

circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.

and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.

“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?

They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.

Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately.

We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,

But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the law, because these things are pointless and worthless.

Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.

Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?

For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed as well.

one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.

So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless

(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.

For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.

Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.

They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.