Because of his righteousness, the Lord was pleased to magnify his instruction and make it glorious.
Matthew 5:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Don’t think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish but to fulfil. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do not think that I have come to do away with or undo the Law or the Prophets; I have come not to do away with or undo but to complete and fulfill them. American Standard Version (1901) Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil. Common English Bible “Don’t even begin to think that I have come to do away with the Law and the Prophets. I haven’t come to do away with them but to fulfill them. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not think that I have come to loosen the law or the prophets. I have not come to loosen, but to fulfill. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. |
Because of his righteousness, the Lord was pleased to magnify his instruction and make it glorious.
Jesus answered him, ‘Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfil all righteousness.’ Then John allowed him to be baptised.
Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the law to drop out.
In the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say? ’
‘This man,’ they said, ‘is persuading people to worship God in ways contrary to the law.’
shouting, ‘Fellow Israelites, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. What’s more, he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.’
They also presented false witnesses who said, ‘This man never stops speaking against this holy place and the law.
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes,
Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
in order that the law’s requirement would be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.