Bible Verses about “purpose of the law”

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

“Not of works, lest any man should boast.”

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

“¶ ‹Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.›”

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

“So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.”

“¶ 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.”

“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.”

“What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.”

“Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.”

“Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.”

“¶ 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.”

“[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.”