Bible Cross References
the law
Matthew 5:17-20
17
" Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.
18
"For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.
19
"Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does 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 will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
Romans 3:31
Do we then make void 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 covetousness unless the law had said, "You shall not covet."
8
But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all [manner of evil] desire. For apart from the law sin [was] dead.
9
I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.
10
And the commandment, which [was] to [bring] life, I found to [bring] death.
11
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed [me.]
12
Therefore the law [is] holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.
13
Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful.
God forbid
Galatians 2:17
"But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, [is] Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not!
Romans 3:4
Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is written: "That You may be justified in Your words, And may overcome when You are judged."
Romans 3:6
Certainly not! For then how will 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 set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness [comes] through the law, then Christ died in vain."
Romans 3:20
Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.
righteousness
Romans 3:21
But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,
Romans 3:22
even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference;
Romans 9:31
but Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.
Romans 10:3-6
3
For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
4
For Christ [is] the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
5
For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, "The man who does those things shall live by them."
6
But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' " (that is, to bring Christ down [from above)]
Philippians 3:6-9
6
concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
7
But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.
8
Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ
9
and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which [is] from the law, but that which [is] through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.