Quotes about Law
For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.
— Galatians 2:19
I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
— Galatians 2:21
I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
— Galatians 3:2
Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?
— Galatians 3:5
All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
— Galatians 3:10
Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
— Galatians 3:11
The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
— Galatians 3:12
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
— Galatians 3:13
What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
— Galatians 3:17
For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.
— Galatians 3:18
Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
— Galatians 3:19
Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.
— Galatians 3:21