The law of God, should we keep it?
Is the law removed by Jesus or did he tell his followers to keep it? Is it only for the Jews or should Christians also keep God's law?
[Mat 5:17-20 ASV] 17 Think not that I came to destroy the Law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfill. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the Law, till all things be accomplished. 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments,
and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed [the righteousness] of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.
[Mat 7:12-14 NASB] 12 "In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets. 13 "Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads
to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14 "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
[Mat 13:37-42 NASB] 37 And He said, "The one who sows the good seed is the son of man, 38 and the field is the world; and [as for] the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil [one;] 39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.
40 "So just as the tares are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age. 41 "The son of man will send forth his messengers, and they will gather out of his kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness, 42 and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
[Mat 19:16-19 NASB] 16 And someone came to Him and said, "teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life?" 17 And he said to him, "Why are you asking me about what is good? There is One who is good; but if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments." 18
he said to him, "Which ones?" And Yehoshua said, "YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER; YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY; YOU SHALL NOT STEAL; YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS; 19 HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER; and YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF."
Also in Mark 10:17 - 19
Cites: Exo 20:12-16 and Deut 5:16-20
[Luk 10:25-28 NASB] 25 And a lawyer stood up and put him to the test, saying, "teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 26 And he said to him, "What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?" 27 And he answered,
"YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." 28 And He said to him, "You have answered correctly; DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE."
Cites Deut 6:5 and Lev 19:18
Also See Mat 22:35-40, Mark 12:28-34
Word Study
Law
Greek reference
νόμος
Transliteration
nomos
Outline of biblical Usage:
anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command, any law whatsoever
Strong's:
G3551
Hebrew Counterpart
תּוֹרָה
Transliteration
torah
Outline of biblical Usage:
law, direction, instruction
Strong's:
H8451
Hebrew Root Word
יָרָה
Transliteration
yaarah
Outline of biblical Usage:
throw, shoot, cast, pour
Strong's:
H3384
[Luk 11:27-28 NASB] 27 While Yehoshua was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, "Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed." 28 But He said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it."
[Deu 30:11-16 NASB] 11 "For this commandment which I command you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it out of reach. 12 "It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will go up to heaven for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?' 13 "Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, 'Who will cross the sea for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?' 14 "But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may observe it.
[Luk 16:16-31 NASB] 16 "The Law and the Prophets [were proclaimed] until John; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. 17 "But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail. 18 "Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
[Deu 22:28-29 NASB] 28 "If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not engaged, and seizes her and lies with her and they are discovered, 29 then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl's father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall become his wife because he has violated her; he cannot divorce her all his days.
[Luk 16:19-31 NASB] 19 "Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day. 20 "And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores, 21 and longing to be fed with the [crumbs] which were falling from the rich man's table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores. 22 "Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. 23 "In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 "And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.' 25 "But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your life you
received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony. 26 'And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and [that] none may cross over from there to us.' 27 "And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father's house-- 28 for I have five brothers--in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.' 29 "But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.' 30 "But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!' 31 "But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.'"
[Jhn 5:24-26 NASB] 24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my word, and believes Him who sent me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. 25 "Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the son of God, and those who hear will live. 26 "For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the son also to have life in himself;
[Deu 30:15-19 NASB] 15 "See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and adversity; 16 in that I command you today to love YHWH your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you may live and multiply, and that YHWH your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it... 19 "I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, 20 by loving YHWH your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for this is your life and the length of your days, that you may live in the land which YHWH swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them."
[Jhn 5:45-47 NASB] 45 "Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope.
46 "For if you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. 47 "But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"
Word Study
Commandment
Greek reference
ἐντολή
Transliteration
entolē
Outline of biblical Usage:
an order, command, charge, precept, injunction, a prescribed rule in accordance with which a thing is done
Strong's:
G1785
Hebrew Counterpart
מִצְוָה
Transliteration
mitsvah
Outline of biblical Usage:
commandment, precept
Strong's:
H4687
Hebrew Root Word
צָוָה
Transliteration
tsavah
Outline of biblical Usage:
o command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order
Strong's:
H6680
[Jhn 8:3-11 NASB] 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center [of the court,] 4 they said to him, "teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act. 5 "Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?" 6 They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Yehoshua stooped down and with his finger wrote on the ground. 7 But when they persisted in asking him, he straightened up, and said to them, "he who is without sin among you, let him [be the] first to throw a stone at her." 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 When they heard it, they [began] to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and he was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the center [of the court.] 10 Straightening up, Yehoshua said to her, "Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?" 11 She said, "No one, master." And Yehoshua said, "I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on sin no more."]
[Deu 22:22-27 NASB] 22 "If a man is found lying with a married woman, then both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman; thus you shall purge the evil from Israel. 23 "If there is a girl who is a virgin engaged to a man, and [another] man finds her in the city and lies with her, 24 then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city and you shall stone them to death; the girl, because she did not cry out in the city, and the man, because he has violated his neighbor's wife. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you. 25 "But if in the field the man finds the girl who is engaged, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lies with her shall die. 26 "But you shall do nothing to the girl; there is no sin in the girl worthy of death, for just as a man rises against his neighbor and murders him, so is this case. 27 "When he found her in the field, the engaged girl cried out, but there was no one to save her.
[Jhn 15:6-15 NASB] 6 "If anyone does not abide in me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned. 7 "If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 "my Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and prove to be my disciples. 9 "Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; abide in my love. 10 "If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love; just as I have kept my Father's
commandments and abide in His love. 11 "These things I have spoken to you so that my joy may be in you, and [that] your joy may be made full. 12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. 13 "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. 14 "You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 "No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
[Jas 1:16-25 NASB] 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. 18 In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures. 19 [This] you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak [and] slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and [all] that remains of
wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls. 22 But prove yourselves doers of the Word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; 24 for [once] he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. 25 But one who looks intently at the perfect Law, the [law] of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.
[Jas 2:8-26 NASB] 8 If, however, you are fulfilling the royal Law according to the scripture, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF," you are doing well. 9 But if you show partiality, you are committing sin [and] are convicted by the Law as transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the whole Law and yet stumbles in one [point,] he has become guilty of all. 11 For He who said, "DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY," also said, "DO NOT COMMIT MURDER." Now if you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the Law. 12 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by [the] Law of liberty. 13 For judgment [will be] merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment. 14 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for [their] body, what use is that? 17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, [being] by itself. 18
But someone may [well] say, "You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works." 19 You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. 20 But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected; 23 and the scripture was fulfilled which says, "AND ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS," and he was called the friend of God. 24 You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25 In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? 26 For just as the body without [the] spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
[Jas 4:11-12 NASB] 11 Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the Law and judges the Law; but if you judge the Law, you are not a doer of the Law but a
judge [of it.] 12 There is [only] one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbor?
Word Study
Faith
Greek reference
πίστις
Transliteration
pistis
Outline of biblical Usage:
conviction of the truth of anything, belief, the predominate idea of trust, fidelity
Strong's:
G4102
Hebrew Counterpart
אָמַן
Transliteration
aman
Outline of biblical Usage:
to support, confirm, be faithful, uphold, nourish, to stand firm, to trust, to be certain, to believe in
Strong's:
H539
[Rom 2:12-29 NASB] 12 For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judgedby the Law; 13 for [it is] not the hearers of the Law [who] are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified. [Rom 2:15-29 NASB] 15 in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, 16 on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through the annointed Yehoshua. 17 But if you bear the name "Jew" and rely upon the Law and boast in God, 18 and know [His] will and approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law, 19 and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20 a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth, 21 you, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that one shall not steal, do you steal?
22 You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23 You who boast in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God? 24 For "THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES BECAUSE OF YOU," just as it is written. 25 For indeed circumcision is of value if you practice the Law; but if you are a transgressor of the Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26 So if the uncircumcised man keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? 27 And he who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, will he not judge you who though having the letter [of the Law] and circumcision are a transgressor of the Law? 28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. 29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.
[Rom 3:19-31 NASB] 19 Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God; 20 because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law [comes] the knowledge of sin. 21 But now apart from the Law [the] righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even [the] righteousness of God through faith in Yehoshua the anointed for all those who believe; for there is no distinction; 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in the annointed Yehoshua; 25 whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in his blood through faith. [This was] to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;
26 for the demonstration, [I say,] of his righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Yehoshua. 27 Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a Law of faith. 28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law. 29 Or is God [the God] of Jews only? Is He not [the God] of nations also? Yes, of nations also, 30 since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one. 31 Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law.
[Rom 7:1-25 NASB] 1 Or do you not know, brethren for I am speaking to those who know the Law, that the Law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives? 2 For the married woman is bound by Law to her husband while he is living; but if her husband dies, she is released from the Law concerning the husband. 3 So then, if while her husband is living she is joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from the Law, so that she is not an adulteress though she is joined to another man. 4 Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the law through the body of the anointed, so that you might be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. 5 For while we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were [aroused] by the law, were at work in the members of our body to bear fruit for death. 6 But now we have been released from the law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the spirit and not in oldness of the letter. 7 What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, "YOU SHALL NOT COVET." 8 But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind; for apart from the law sin [is] dead. 9 I was once alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died; 10 and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me;
11 for sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. 13 Therefore did that which is good become [a cause of] death for me? May it never be! Rather it was sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin by effecting my death through that which is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful. 14 For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin. 15 For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I [would] like to [do,] but I am doing the very thing I hate. 16 But if I do the very thing I do not want [to do,] I agree with the Law, [confessing] that the Law is good. 17 So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. 18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good [is] not. 19 For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. 20 But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. 21 I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. 22 For I joyfully concur with the Law of God in the inner man, 23 but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the Law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? 25 Thanks be to God through Yehoshua the anointed our master! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the Law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.
Brown = References to the law of sin that is in the flesh
Blue = References to the law of God, that is in the mind/spirit
[Gal 2:11-21 NASB] 11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For prior to the coming of certain men from James, he used to eat with the gentiles; but when they came, he [began] to withdraw and hold himself aloof, fearing the party of the circumcision. 13 The rest of the Jews joined him in hypocrisy, with the result that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of all, "If you, being a Jew, live like the gentiles and not like the Jews, how [is it that] you compel the gentiles to live like Jews? 15 "We [are] Jews by nature and not sinners from among the gentiles; 16 nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Yehoshua the anointed, even we have believed in Yehoshua the anointed, so that we may be justified by faith in the anointed and not by
the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified. 17 "But if, while seeking to be justified in the anointed, we ourselves have also been found sinners, is the anointed then a minister of sin? May it never be! 18 "For if I rebuild what I have [once] destroyed, I prove myself to be a transgressor. 19 "For through the Law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. 20 "I have been crucified with the anointed; and it is no longer I who live, but the anointed who lives in me; and the [life] which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me. 21 "I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness [comes] through the law, then anointed died needlessly."
Brown = References to the law of sin that is in the flesh
Blue = References to the law of God, that is in the mind/spirit
[Rom 10:4-8 NASB] 4 For the anointed is the end/goal/purpose of the Law for righteousness to everyone who believes. 5 For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on Law shall live by that righteousness. 6 But the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows: "DO NOT SAY IN YOUR HEART, 'WHO WILL ASCEND INTO HEAVEN?' (that is, to bring the anointed down), 7 or 'WHO WILL DESCEND INTO THE ABYSS?' (that is, to bring the anointed up from the dead)." 8 But what does it say? "THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART"--that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,
[Deu 30:10-14 NASB] 10 if you obey YHWH your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the Law, if you turn to YHWH your God with all your heart and soul. 11 "For this commandment which I command you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it out of reach. 12 "It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will go up to heaven for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?' 13 "Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, 'Who will cross the sea for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?' 14 "But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may observe it.
Word Study
Righteousness
Greek reference
δικαιοσύνη
Transliteration
dikaiosynē
Outline of biblical Usage:
the condition acceptable to God, integrity, virtue, purity of life, rightness, correctness of thinking feeling, and acting, justice or the virtue which gives each his due
Strong's:
G1343
Hebrew Counterpart
צְדָקָה
Transliteration
tsedaqah
Outline of biblical Usage:
justice, righteousness, truthfulness,
Strong's:
H6666
Hebrew Root Word
צָדַק
Transliteration
tsadaq
Outline of biblical Usage:
to be just, be righteous, to have a just cause, be in the right, to be justified, to justify, vindicate the cause of, to be straight
Strong's:
H6663
[1Co 9:20-23 NASB] 20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law though not being myself under the law, so that I might win those who are under the law; 21 to those who are without Law, as without Law, though not being without the Law of God but under the law of the anointed, so that I might win those who are without Law.
22 To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some. 23 I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.
[Eph 5:1-6 NASB] 1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; 2 and walk in love, just as the anointed also loved you and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. 3 But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints; 4 and [there must be no] filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting,
which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of the anointed and God. 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
[Act 6:7-14 NASB] 7 The word of God kept on spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith. 8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people. 9 But some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, [including] both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and argued with Stephen. 10 But they were unable to cope with the wisdom and the spirit with which he was speaking.
11 Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and [against] God." 12 And they stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and they came up to him and dragged him away and brought him before the Council. 13 They put forward false witnesses who said, "This man incessantly speaks against this holy place and the Law; 14 for we have heard him say that this Nazarene, Yehoshua, will destroy this place and alter the customs which Moses handed down to us."
[Act 21:18-24 NASB] 18 And the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present. 19 After he had greeted them, he [began] to relate one by one the things which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. 20 And when they heard it they [began] glorifying God; and they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law; 21 and they have been told about you, that you are teaching all the Jews who
are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs. 22 "What, then, is [to be done?] They will certainly hear that you have come. 23 "Therefore do this that we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow; 24 take them and purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads; and all will know that there is nothing to the things which they have been told about you, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Law.
[Act 22:10-13 NASB] 10 "And I said, 'What shall I do, master?' And the master said to me, 'Get up and go on into Damascus, and there you will be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.' 11 "But since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me
and came into Damascus. 12 "A certain Ananias, a man who was devout by the standard of the Law, [and] well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there, 13 came to me, and standing near said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight!' And at that very time I looked up at him.
Word Study
Truth
Greek reference
ἀλήθεια
Transliteration
alētheia
Outline of biblical Usage:
objectively, truly, in truth, according to truth, in reality, in fact, certainly, what is true in any matter under consideration
Strong's:
G225
Greek Root Word
ἀληθής
Transliteration
alēthēs
Outline of biblical Usage:
true, loving the truth, speaking the truth, truthful
Strong's:
G227
Hebrew Counterpart
אֱמֶת
Transliteration
emeth
Outline of biblical Usage:
firmness, faithfulness, truth, sureness, reliability, stability, continuance, perpetuity
Strong's:
H571
[Act 24:10-15 NASB] 10 When the governor had nodded for him to speak, Paul responded: "Knowing that for many years you have been a judge to this nation, I cheerfully make my defense, 11 since you can take note of the fact that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship. 12 "Neither in the temple, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city [itself] did they find me carrying on a discussion with anyone or causing a riot. 13 "Nor can
they prove to you [the charges] of which they now accuse me. 14 "But this I admit to you, that according to the way which they call a sect I do serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets; 15 having a hope in God, which these men cherish themselves, that there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
[Act 25:7-11 NASB] 7 After Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him which they could not prove, 8 while Paul said in his own defense, "I have committed no offense either against the Law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar." 9 But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial
before me on these [charges?]" 10 But Paul said, "I am standing before Caesar's tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to [the] Jews, as you also very well know. 11 "If, then, I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if none of those things is [true] of which these men accuse me, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar."
[Act 28:17-24 NASB] 17 After three days Paul called together those who were the leading men of the Jews, and when they came together, he [began] saying to them, "Brethren, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. 18 "And when they had examined me, they were willing to release me because there was no ground for putting me to death. 19 "But when the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar, not that I had any accusation against my nation. 20 "For this reason, therefore, I requested to see you and to speak with you, for I am wearing this chain for the sake of the hope of Israel."
21 They said to him, "We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brethren come here and reported or spoken anything bad about you. 22 "But we desire to hear from you what your views are; for concerning this sect, it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere." 23 When they had set a day for Paul, they came to him at his lodging in large numbers; and he was explaining to them by solemnly testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them concerning Yehosua, from both the Law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning until evening. 24 Some were being persuaded by the things spoken, but others would not believe.
[Heb 10:26-29 NASB] 26 For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a terrifying expectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES. 28 Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on [the testimony of] two or three witnesses.
29 How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the spirit of grace?
[Mat 7:21-23 NASB] 21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'master, master,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven [will enter.] 22 "Many will say to me on that day, 'master, master, did we
not prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name perform many miracles?' 23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.'
Cites Psa 6:8
Word Study
Lawless
Greek reference
ἀνομία
Transliteration
anomia
Outline of biblical Usage:
the condition of without law, contempt and violation of law, iniquity, wickedness
Strong's:
G458
Greek Root Word
ἄνομος
Transliteration
anomos
Outline of biblical Usage:
destitute of the Mosaic law, departing from the law, a violator of the law, lawless, wicked
Strong's:
G459
Hebrew Counterpart
אָוֶן
Transliteration
aven
Outline of biblical Usage:
trouble, wickedness, sorrow
Strong's:
H205
[Mat 23:23-28 NASB] 23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the Law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others. 24 "You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel! 25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the
dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence. 26 "You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also. 27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. 28 "So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
[Mat 24:11-14 NASB] 11 "Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. 12 "Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold. 13 "But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. 14 "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
[Deu 13:1-4 NASB] 1 "If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, 2 and the sign or the wonder comes true, concerning which he spoke to you, saying, 'Let us go after other gods whom you have not known and let us serve them,' 3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for YHWH your God is testing you to find out if you love YHWH your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 "You shall follow YHWH your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him.
[1Jo 3:4-6 NASB] 4 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared in order to take away
sins; and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has seen him or knows him.
[1Ti 1:5-11 NASB] 5 But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. 6 For some men, straying from these things, have turned aside to fruitless discussion, 7 wanting to be teachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions. 8 But we know that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully, 9 realizing the fact that
law is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers 10 and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching, 11 according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
[2Th 2:3-12 NASB] 3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for [it will not come] unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God. 5 Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things? 6 And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains [will do so] until he is taken out
of the way. 8 Then that lawless one will be revealed whom YHWH will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming; 9 [that is,] the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, 10 and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. 11 For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, 12 in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.
[Rom 6:15-22 NASB] 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under Law but under grace? May it never be! 16 Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone [as] slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of
your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in [further] lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death. 22 But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life.
[2Co 6:14-18 NASB] 14 Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 Or what harmony has the anointed with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? 16 Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God
said, "I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE
THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. 17 "Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE," says YHWH. "AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN; And I will welcome you. 18 "And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me," Says YHWH Almighty.
Cites Lev 26:11-12
Cites Isa 52:11
[Heb 1:8-9 NASB] 8 But of the Son [He says,] "YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER, AND THE RIGHTEOUS SCEPTER IS THE SCEPTER OF HIS KINGDOM. 9 "YOU HAVE LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED
LAWLESSNESS; THEREFORE GOD, YOUR GOD, HAS ANOINTED YOU WITH THE OIL OF GLADNESS ABOVE YOUR COMPANIONS."
Cites Psa 45:6-7
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