Bible Verses About Purpose of the Law
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for purpose of the law, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 300 votes, led by Romans 7:7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Purpose of the Law
Romans 7:745 votes
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.
Galatians 3:2442 votes
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Matthew 5:1735 votes
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Galatians 3:1920 votes
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
James 2:1020 votes
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Galatians 3:2118 votes
Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
James 2:1215 votes
So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Romans 6:1414 votes
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Ephesians 2:8-914 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Galatians 2:1613 votes
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Romans 3:2812 votes
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Romans 3:2011 votes
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.
Romans 6:1511 votes
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Romans 13:1010 votes
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Galatians 3:1010 votes
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Ephesians 2:810 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
What does the Bible say about purpose of the law?
Readers most often cite Romans 7:7 on the subject of purpose of the law. Across 300 votes, 16 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Galatians 3:24, Matthew 5:17, Galatians 3:19. This page lists all 16 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.