It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
Matthew 5:17 - American Standard Version 2015 Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
But Jesus answering said unto him, {\cf6 Suffer {\i it} now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.} Then he suffereth him.
All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.\par
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.\par
Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such: what then sayest thou of her?
crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man that teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place.
and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:
For Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to every one that believeth.
Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.\par
that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.