Romans 3:31 Cross References
Romans 3:31
31: Well then, if we emphasize faith, does this mean that we can forget about the law? Of course not! In fact, only when we have faith do we truly fulfill the law.
Galatians 2:21
- I am not one of those who treats the grace of God as meaningless. For if we could be saved by keeping the law, then there was no need for Christ to die.
Romans 13:8
- Pay all your debts, except the debt of love for others. You can never finish paying that! If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill all the requirements of God's law.
- For the commandments against adultery and murder and stealing and coveting--and any other commandment--are all summed up in this one commandment: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
- Love does no wrong to anyone, so love satisfies all of God's requirements.
Romans 8:4
- He did this so that the requirement of the law would be fully accomplished for us who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit.
Matthew 5:17
- "Don't misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to fulfill them.
1 Corinthians 9:21
- When I am with the Gentiles who do not have the Jewish law, I fit in with them as much as I can. In this way, I gain their confidence and bring them to Christ. But I do not discard the law of God; I obey the law of Christ.
Romans 7:7
- Well then, am I suggesting that the law of God is evil? Of course not! The law is not sinful, but it was the law that showed me my sin. I would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had not said, "Do not covet."
- But sin took advantage of this law and aroused all kinds of forbidden desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power.
- I felt fine when I did not understand what the law demanded. But when I learned the truth, I realized I had broken the law and was a sinner, doomed to die.
- So the good law, which was supposed to show me the way of life, instead gave me the death penalty.
- Sin took advantage of the law and fooled me; it took the good law and used it to make me guilty of death.
Romans 10:4
- For Christ has accomplished the whole purpose of the law. All who believe in him are made right with God.
Matthew 5:20
- "But I warn you--unless you obey God better than the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees do, you can't enter the Kingdom of Heaven at all!
Romans 7:22
- I love God's law with all my heart.
Hebrews 10:15
- And the Holy Spirit also testifies that this is so. First he says,
- "This is the new covenant I will make with my people on that day, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts so they will understand them, and I will write them on their minds so they will obey them."
Psalms 119:126
- LORD, it is time for you to act, for these evil people have broken your law.
Matthew 15:6
- And so, by your own tradition, you nullify the direct commandment of God.
Matthew 3:15
- But Jesus said, "It must be done, because we must do everything that is right. "So then John baptized him.
Romans 4:14
- So if you claim that God's promise is for those who obey God's law and think they are "good enough" in God's sight, then you are saying that faith is useless. And in that case, the promise is also meaningless.
Psalms 40:8
- I take joy in doing your will, my God, for your law is written on my heart."
Romans 7:25
- Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God's law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.
Galatians 2:19
- For when I tried to keep the law, I realized I could never earn God's approval. So I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ.
Jeremiah 8:8
- " `How can you say, "We are wise because we have the law of the LORD," when your teachers have twisted it so badly?
- These wise teachers will be shamed by exile for their sin, for they have rejected the word of the LORD. Are they so wise after all?
James 2:8
- Yes indeed, it is good when you truly obey our Lord's royal command found in the Scriptures: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
- But if you pay special attention to the rich, you are committing a sin, for you are guilty of breaking that law.
- And the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as the person who has broken all of God's laws.
- For the same God who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." So if you murder someone, you have broken the entire law, even if you do not commit adultery.
- So whenever you speak, or whatever you do, remember that you will be judged by the law of love, the law that set you free.
Galatians 3:17
- This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise.
- For if the inheritance could be received only by keeping the law, then it would not be the result of accepting God's promise. But God gave it to Abraham as a promise.
- Well then, why was the law given? It was given to show people how guilty they are. But this system of law was to last only until the coming of the child to whom God's promise was made. And there is this further difference. God gave his laws to angels to give to Moses, who was the mediator between God and the people.
Jeremiah 31:33
- "But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day," says the LORD. "I will put my laws in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
- And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their family, saying, `You should know the LORD.' For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will already know me," says the LORD. "And I will forgive their wickedness and will never again remember their sins."
Romans 3:4
- Of course not! Though everyone else in the world is a liar, God is true. As the Scriptures say, "He will be proved right in what he says, and he will win his case in court."
Isaiah 42:21
- The LORD has magnified his law and made it truly glorious. Through it he had planned to show the world that he is righteous.
Galatians 5:18
- But when you are directed by the Holy Spirit, you are no longer subject to the law.
- When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, your lives will produce these evil results: sexual immorality, impure thoughts, eagerness for lustful pleasure,
- idolatry, participation in demonic activities, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, divisions, the feeling that everyone is wrong except those in your own little group,
- envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other kinds of sin. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
- But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,