Verses¶

Primary Verses¶

Galatians 3:19-29 (The Schoolmaster Passage -- Full Context)¶

Gal 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Gal 3:20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. Gal 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. Gal 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. Gal 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Gal 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. Gal 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. Gal 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. Gal 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. Gal 3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Galatians 4:1-7 (Heir Under Tutors -- Continuation of Metaphor)¶

Gal 4:1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; Gal 4:2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Gal 4:3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: Gal 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, Gal 4:5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. Gal 4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Gal 4:7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

Matthew 5:17-20 (Jot and Tittle -- Full Context)¶

Mat 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Mat 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Mat 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Mat 5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 16:16-17 (Parallel to Matthew 5:18)¶

Luk 16:16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. Luk 16:17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

Supporting Verses¶

Matthew 24:34-35 (Comparative "till all" language)¶

Mat 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Mat 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Romans 3:31 (Paul establishes the law)¶

Rom 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Romans 10:4 (Christ the end/goal of the law)¶

Rom 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

1 Corinthians 4:15 (Other use of paidagogos)¶

1 Cor 4:15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

Galatians 5:14, 18-23 (Paul affirms moral law after schoolmaster passage)¶

Gal 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Gal 5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Gal 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Gal 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

2 Corinthians 3:7-11, 13 (Ministration done away)¶

2 Cor 3:7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: 2 Cor 3:9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. 2 Cor 3:11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. 2 Cor 3:13 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished.

Hebrews 8:10, 13 (New covenant writes law on hearts)¶

Heb 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. Heb 8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

Romans 7:6, 12 (Delivered from law / law is holy)¶

Rom 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. Rom 7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

Romans 8:4 (Righteousness of the law fulfilled in us)¶

Rom 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 7:19 (Keeping commandments of God)¶

1 Cor 7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

Romans 13:8-10 (Love fulfills the law -- quotes Decalogue)¶

Rom 13:8-10 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Cross-Testament Parallels¶

Mat 5:18 NT Parallels (from hybrid search)¶

Reference	Score	Connection
Luk 16:17	0.510	Direct parallel -- "easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail"
Mat 24:35	0.444	"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away"
Luk 21:33	0.437	Same -- "Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away"
Gal 3:11	0.386	"no man is justified by the law" -- law vocabulary

Concept Context (Author-Level)¶

Galatians 3:24 (Paul -- author scope)¶

Concepts: LAW, MESSIAH, RIGHTEOUSNESS, FAITH Same author parallels: - Rom 10:4 -- "Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth" (all 4 concepts) - Rom 3:28 -- "justified by faith without the deeds of the law" (FAITH, LAW, RIGHTEOUSNESS) - Rom 4:13 -- "not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith" (FAITH, LAW, RIGHTEOUSNESS)

Matthew 5:18 (Matthew -- author scope)¶

Concepts: WORD, LAW Same book parallels: - Mat 5:17 -- "not come to destroy the law" (LAW) - Mat 5:19 -- "break one of these least commandments" (LAW) - Mat 19:17 -- "keep the commandments" (LAW, WORD)