Law
doctrineGod's moral standard revealed to humanity: exposing sin, governing society, and finding its fulfillment in Christ.
Not just a list of verses — a map of how ideas in Scripture connect and lead to each other.
Follow the flow
Law connects to different paths in Scripture:
Law leads to Grace and Faith.
Reading Path
Follow this theme through Scripture — one verse per step, in theological order.
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:”Ephesians 2:8 →
“And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.”Matthew 23:12 →
“Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?”Romans 2:4 →
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Anchor Scriptures 20 verses
“Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.”
Read in context →“And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”
Read in context →“Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.”
Read in context →“But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.”
Read in context →“The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.”
Read in context →“Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.”
Read in context →“For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
Read in context →“Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;”
Read in context →“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:”
Read in context →“But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”
Read in context →“For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.”
Read in context →“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.”
Read in context →“What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.”
Read in context →“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.”
Read in context →“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.”
Read in context →“Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.”
Read in context →“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.”
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