¹⁷ Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete.

⁴ So that what was ordered by the law might be done in us, who are living, not in the way of the flesh, but in the way of the Spirit.

⁴ For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who has faith.

⁴ But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

⁵ That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons.

¹⁷ Now this I say: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not put an end to the agreement made before by God, so as to make the undertaking without effect.

¹⁸ Because if the heritage is by the law, it is no longer dependent on the word of God; but God gave it to Abraham by his word.

¹⁹ What then is the law? It was an addition made because of sin, till the coming of the seed to whom the undertaking had been given; and it was ordered through angels by the hand of a go-between.

²⁰ Now a go-between is not a go-between of one; but God is one.

²¹ Is the law then against the words of God? in no way; because if there had been a law which was able to give life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.

²² However, the holy Writings have put all things under sin, so that that for which God gave the undertaking, based on faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who have such faith.

²³ But before faith came, we were kept in prison under the law, waiting for the revelation of the faith which was to come.

²⁴ So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith.

³¹ Do we, then, through faith make the law of no effect? in no way: but we make it clear that the law is important.

²¹ It was the Lord's pleasure, because of his righteousness, to make the teaching great and give it honour.

¹⁷ But heaven and earth will come to an end before the smallest letter of the law may be dropped out.

¹⁵ But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.

³ But year by year there is a memory of sins in those offerings.

⁴ Because it is not possible for the blood of oxen and goats to take away sins.

⁵ So that when he comes into the world, he says, You had no desire for offerings, but you made a body ready for me;

⁶ You had no joy in burned offerings or in offerings for sin.

⁷ Then I said, See, I have come to do your pleasure, O God (as it is said of me in the roll of the book).

⁸ After saying, You had no desire for offerings, for burned offerings or offerings for sin (which are made by the law) and you had no pleasure in them,

⁹ Then he said, See, I have come to do your pleasure. He took away the old order, so that he might put the new order in its place.

¹⁰ By that pleasure we have been made holy, by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for ever.

¹¹ And every priest takes his place at the altar day by day, doing what is necessary, and making again and again the same offerings which are never able to take away sins.

¹² But when Jesus had made one offering for sins for ever, he took his place at the right hand of God;

⁶ You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request.

⁷ Then I said, See, I come; it is recorded of me in the roll of the book,

⁸ My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.

¹⁶ For this reason let no man be your judge in any question of food or drink or feast days or new moons or Sabbaths:

¹⁷ For these are an image of the things which are to come; but the body is Christ's.

¹³ And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:

⁵ Now in the law Moses gave directions that such women were to be stoned; what do you say about it?

¹² All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

¹³ Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law.

²⁸ Crying out, Men of Israel, come to our help: this is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people and the law and this place: and in addition, he has taken Greeks into the Temple, and made this holy place unclean.