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What does the Bible say about purpose of the law?

13 verses about purpose of the law, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about purpose of the law

Romans 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. 6 votes
Matthew 5:17 — Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 5 votes
Galatians 3:24 — Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 5 votes
Galatians 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. 3 votes
James 2:10 — For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 3 votes
Romans 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. 2 votes
Romans 3:28 — Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. 2 votes
Romans 6:14 — For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 2 votes
Romans 6:15 — What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. 2 votes
Galatians 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. 2 votes
Galatians 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. 2 votes
Ephesians 2:8 — For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 2 votes
James 2:12 — So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. 2 votes

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Romans (5), Galatians (4), James (2), Matthew (1), Ephesians (1)

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