Bible Cross References
the law
Matthew 5:17-20
17
"Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill.
18
For assuredly I say to you, until heaven and earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle shall by no means pass away from the law until all things are fulfilled.
19
Whoever therefore shall break one of the least of these commandments, and shall teach men thus, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does [them] and teaches [them], he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20
For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
Romans 3:31
Therefore do we nullify the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish [the] law.
Romans 7:7-13
7
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known lust unless the law had said, "You shall not covet."
8
But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of lust. For apart from the law sin [was] dead.
9
For I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, but I died.
10
And the commandment, which [was] to [bring] life, I found to [bring] death.
11
For sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, deceived me, and by it, killed me.
12
Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy and righteous and good.
13
Then has that which is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through that which is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful.
God forbid
Galatians 2:17
But if by seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, then is Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!
Romans 3:4
Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar, just as it is written: "That You may be justified in Your words, and You may overcome when You are judged."
Romans 3:6
Certainly not! For otherwise how shall God judge the world?
for
Galatians 2:19
For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God.
Galatians 2:21
I do not annul the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing."
Romans 3:20
Therefore by works of the law no flesh shall be justified in His sight, for through the law [comes] [the] knowledge of sin.
righteousness
Romans 3:21
But now the righteousness of God apart from the law has been revealed, being witnessed to by the Law and the Prophets,
Romans 3:22
even the righteousness of God, through [the] faithfulness of Jesus Christ, to all and upon all those that believe. For there is no distinction;
Romans 9:31
but Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not attain to the law of righteousness.
Romans 10:3-6
3
For they, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
4
For Christ is the end of [the] law for righteousness to everyone that believes.
5
For Moses writes about the righteousness which [is] of the law, "That the man who does those things shall live by them."
6
But the righteousness of faith says thus, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who shall ascend into heaven?' " (that is, to bring Christ down)
Philippians 3:6-9
6
with respect to zeal, persecuting the church; with respect to righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
7
But such things as were gain to me, these I have considered loss for the sake of Christ.
8
More than that I also consider all things to be loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have sustained the loss of all things, and I consider them to be rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
9
and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through [the] faith of Christ, the righteousness [which is] from God by faith;
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, having being warned [By God] concerning the things not yet seen, being reverent, prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, through which he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.