law and grace

The 14 most-voted verses about law and grace, from 6 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

Romans 6:14 (BSB)

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Romans 6:14 (KJV)

For sin will not have dominion over you, for you are not under law, but under grace.

Romans 6:14 (WEB)

For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.

Romans 10:4 (BSB)

For Christ [is] the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

Romans 10:4 (KJV)

For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Romans 10:4 (WEB)

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 1:17 (BSB)

For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

John 1:17 (KJV)

For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

John 1:17 (WEB)

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

Romans 3:19 (BSB)

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

Romans 3:19 (KJV)

Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

Romans 3:19 (WEB)

Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.

Romans 3:31 (BSB)

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

Romans 3:31 (KJV)

Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.

Romans 3:31 (WEB)

Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.

Romans 7:4 (BSB)

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, [even] to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

Romans 7:4 (KJV)

Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might produce fruit to God.

Romans 7:4 (WEB)

But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

Romans 7:6 (BSB)

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.

Romans 7:6 (KJV)

But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.

Romans 7:6 (WEB)

What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”

Romans 7:7 (BSB)

What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

Romans 7:7 (KJV)

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn’t have known sin except through the law. For I wouldn’t have known coveting unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”

Romans 7:7 (WEB)

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

Romans 7:12 (BSB)

Wherefore the law [is] holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

Romans 7:12 (KJV)

Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, righteous, and good.

Romans 7:12 (WEB)

All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

Galatians 3:10 (BSB)

For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

Galatians 3:10 (KJV)

For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.”

Galatians 3:10 (WEB)

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

Galatians 5:18 (BSB)

But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

Galatians 5:18 (KJV)

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

Galatians 5:18 (WEB)

For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Ephesians 2:8 (BSB)

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:

Ephesians 2:8 (KJV)

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Ephesians 2:8 (WEB)

Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

James 2:10 (BSB)

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one [point], he is guilty of all.

James 2:10 (KJV)

For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.

James 2:10 (WEB)

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

1 John 5:3 (BSB)

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

1 John 5:3 (KJV)

For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

1 John 5:3 (WEB)

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