Related Existing Studies¶
law-10-new-covenant-and-law (Similarity: 0.73)¶
Direct predecessor. Established that: - Possessive pronouns "MY law" (torati), "MY laws" (nomous mou), "MY statutes/judgments" (huqqay/mishpatay) identify pre-existing law-content - New covenant establishes the moral law, not a replacement - Love defined as commandment-keeping (1 John 5:3; Rom 13:8-10) - I-B items resolved: "not under the law" = freedom from condemnation (Strong toward Continues); Gal 3:19-25 = custodial function temporal (Strong toward Continues); Heb 8:13 = arrangement vanishing, not moral law (Strong toward Continues) - Tally: 22 Continues, 0 Abolished, 24 Neutral E-items
law-09-old-covenant-new-covenant (Similarity: 0.64)¶
Established five differences between covenants: 1. Location (stone to hearts) 2. Power (human promise to God's action + Spirit) 3. Mediator (Moses to Christ) 4. Basis (animal blood to Christ's blood) 5. Forgiveness - NONE is a content change - Old covenant terms = Ten Commandments (Deu 4:13; Exo 34:28) - The fault was with "them" (Heb 8:8, autous -- masculine accusative = people) - Tally: 25 Continues, 0 Abolished, 23 Neutral E-items
law-01-gods-moral-law¶
Established Decalogue's 7 unique markers: 1. Spoken by God's own voice 2. Written by God's own finger 3. Engraved on stone 4. Placed inside the ark 5. "He added no more" 6. Called "the covenant" 7. Called "the testimony" - Attributes: holy, just, good, spiritual, perfect, eternal -- same as God's character - Scope: before Sinai, beyond Israel, into new covenant, to end of time - Tally: 46 Continues, 0 Abolished, 20 Neutral E-items
law-03-exodus-20-vs-later-laws¶
Five-dimensional textual distinction between Decalogue and subsequent legislation: 1. Delivery mode (God's voice vs. through Moses) 2. Authorship (God's finger vs. Moses' hand) 3. Repository (inside ark vs. beside ark) 4. Naming conventions ("the covenant"/"testimony" vs. "the book of the law") 5. Boundary marker ("he added no more") - Multi-author consistency across centuries
law-04-ceremonial-laws¶
Shadow/type vocabulary exclusively ceremonial. 1 Cor 7:19 key verse.
law-06-hebrew-law-vocabulary¶
Hebrew terms describe formal character, not moral category. Eduth uniquely Decalogue.
law-07-law-of-moses¶
"Law of Moses" comprehensive. Paul's "law of God" = Decalogue (Rom 7:7, 22, 25).
law-08-abolished-at-cross¶
None of 7 abolition passages names Decalogue: - Dogma never used for Decalogue - Heb 10:1-16 removes sacrifices AND writes law on hearts - Cheirographon = "hand-written" (Decalogue was God-written) - Dikaiomata sarkos = carnal ordinances (meats, drinks, washings) - Katargoumenen (fem.) agrees with doxan (glory), not nomos (law)
Compiled: 2026-02-24