For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression either.

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John appeared.

All the law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well?

Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by faith.

gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

But we know that the law is good if someone uses it legitimately,

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, I would not have known sin except through the law. For indeed I would not have known what it means to desire something belonging to someone else if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”

Is the law therefore opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.

Now the law came in so that the transgression may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more,

For we know that the law is spiritual – but I am unspiritual, sold into slavery to sin.

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them.

For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely, “You must love your neighbor as yourself.”

for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.

“The law and the prophets were in force until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it.

But if a male child is circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?