| For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law. | All those who have sinned outside the Law will perish outside the Law, and all who sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law. |
| Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. | For no one can be regarded as justified in the sight of God by keeping the Law. The Law brings only the consciousness of sin. |
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| 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. | What then should we say? That the Law is sinful? Absolutely not! Yet if it had not been for the Law, I would not have known what sin was. I would not have known what covet is if the Law had not said, “You shall not covet.” |
| Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. | Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. |
| The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. | The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law. |
| I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. | To do your will, O God, is my delight; your law is in my heart. |
| Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. | Everyone who sins breaks the law, for sin is lawlessness. |
| Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. | Love cannot result in any harm to the neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfillment of the Law. |
| Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. | Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in accord with the law of the Lord. |
| Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. | Those who love your law have great peace; they encounter no stumbling blocks. |
| What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. | What then? Should we sin because we are not under the Law but under grace? Of course not! |
| For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. | For Christ is the fulfillment of the Law for the justification of all who believe. |
| For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. | For sin is no longer to have any power over you, since you are not under the Law but under grace. |
| He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. | When anyone turns a deaf ear to the law, even his prayer is detestable. |
| For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. | For the entire Law can be summed up in a single commandment: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” |
| Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. | Owe nothing to anyone except the debt of love you owe one another. The one who loves others has fulfilled the Law. |
| We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, 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. | We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners, yet we know that a man is justified not by the works of the Law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we too came to believe in Christ Jesus so that we might be justified by faith in him and not by the works of the Law, for no one will be justified by the works of the Law. |
| There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. | Hence, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death. |
| Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. | Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill them. |
| I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. | I do not set aside the grace of God, for if justification comes through the Law, then Christ died for nothing. |
| Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. | Those of you who seek to be justified by the Law have cut yourselves off from Christ and have fallen away from grace. |
| Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. | In everything, deal with others as you would like them to deal with you. This is the Law and the Prophets. |
| And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. | Indeed, under the Law almost everything is purified by blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. |
| But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference. | But now the righteousness of God that is attested by the Law and the Prophets has been manifested apart from law: the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. No distinction has been made. |
| The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. | The law of the Lord is perfect, affording refreshment to the soul. The decree of the Lord is worthy of trust, imparting wisdom to the simple. |
