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NASB | Romans 7:12 So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 7:12 So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. |
Bible Question:
I am trying to get a handle on "the Law" and grace. Define "the Law." Define "grace." What is the relationship between the two? Can they co-exist or be separated? Explain. What is the purpose of the Law? How does "the Law" or any law effect our lives, today? Are we told we don't have to follow "the Law"? Steve |
Bible Answer: What is Law and Grace Part 4 Hope all 4 parts help you to grow in His grace and knowledge. The purpose of the law is to lead us to Christ Galatians 3 24. So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. 25. Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law Romans 6 14. For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace. 1 Corinthians 15 56. The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. Hebrews 11 6. And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him Romans 7 1. Do you not know, brothers--for I am speaking to men who know the law--that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives? 2. For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage. 3. So then, if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress, even though she marries another man. 4. So, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. 5. For when we were controlled by the sinful nature, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for death. 6. But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. Romans 8 14. because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. Romans 11 6. And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace. Galatians 3 1. You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. 2. I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard? 3. Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort? Galatians 1 6. I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel-- 7. which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! Titus 2 11. For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. 12. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13. while we wait for the blessed hope--the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14. who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. 2 Corinthians 12 9. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me Romans 5 1. Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2. through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Romans 8 14. because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. Galatians 5 18. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law. Galatians 2 19. For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. Galatians 5 1. It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Ephesians 2 8. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- 9. not by works, so that no one can boast. Galatians 3 11. Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, "The righteous will live by faith." |