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Lexicon :: Strong's G3551 - nomos

Aa
νόμος
Transliteration
nomos (Key)
Pronunciation
nom'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a primary nemo (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:1022,646

Strong’s Definitions

νόμος nómos, nom'-os; from a primary νέμω némō (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals); law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle):—law.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 197x

The KJV translates Strong's G3551 in the following manner: law (197x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 197x
The KJV translates Strong's G3551 in the following manner: law (197x).
  1. anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command

    1. of any law whatsoever

      1. a law or rule producing a state approved of God

        1. by the observance of which is approved of God

      2. a precept or injunction

      3. the rule of action prescribed by reason

    2. of the Mosaic law, and referring, acc. to the context. either to the volume of the law or to its contents

    3. the Christian religion: the law demanding faith, the moral instruction given by Christ, esp. the precept concerning love

    4. the name of the more important part (the Pentateuch), is put for the entire collection of the sacred books of the OT

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
νόμος nómos, nom'-os; from a primary νέμω némō (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals); law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle):—law.
STRONGS G3551:
νόμος, νόμου, (νέμω to divide, distribute, apportion), in secular authors from Hesiod down, anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, usage, law; in the Sept. very often for תּורָה, also for חֻקָּה, דָּת, etc. In the N. T. a command, law; and
1. of any law whatsoever: διά ποίου νόμου; Romans 3:27; νόμος δικαιοσύνης, a law or rule producing a state approved of God, i. e. by the observance of which we are approved of God, Romans 9:31, cf. Meyer (see Weiss edition), Fritzsche, Philippi at the passage; a precept or injunction: κατά νόμον ἐντολῆς σαρκίνης, Hebrews 7:16; plural of the things prescribed by the divine will, Hebrews 8:10; Hebrews 10:16; νόμος τοῦ νως, the rule of action prescribed by reason, Romans 7:23; the mention of the divine law causes those things even which in opposition to this law impel to action, and therefore seem to have the force of a law, to be designated by the term νόμος, as ἕτερος νόμος ἐν τοῖς μέλεσί μου, a different law from that which God has given, i. e. the impulse to sin inherent in human nature, or νόμος τῆς ἁμαρτίας (genitive of author), Romans 7:23, 25; Romans 8:2, also νόμος τοῦ θανάτου, emanating from the power of death, Romans 8:2; with which is contrasted νόμος τοῦ πνεύματος, the impulse to (right) action emanating from the Spirit, ibid.
2. of the Mosaic law, and referring, according to the context, either to the volume of the law or to its contents: with the article, Matthew 5:18; Matthew 12:5; Matthew 22:36; Luke 2:27; Luke 10:26; Luke 16:17; John 1:17, 45 (John 1:46); John 7:51; 8:17; 10:34; 15:25; Acts 6:13; Acts 7:53; Acts 18:13, 15; Acts 21:20; Acts 23:3; Romans 2:13 ((bis) here L T Tr WH omit the article (also G in Romans 2:13b)), Romans 2:15, 18, 20, 23b, 26; Romans 4:15a; Romans 7:1b, 5, 14, 21 (on the right interpretation of this difficult passage cf. Knapp, Scripta varii Argumenti, ii., p. 385ff and Fritzsche, Commentary to Romans, ii., p. 57; (others take νόμος here generally, equivalent to controlling principle; see 1 above under the end and cf. Winers Grammar, 557 (578); Buttmann, § 151, 15)); Romans 8:3; 1 Corinthians 9:8; 1 Corinthians 15:56; Galatians 3:13, 24; Ephesians 2:15 (on which passage see δόγμα, 2); 1 Timothy 1:8; Hebrews 7:19, 28; Hebrews 10:1, etc.; with the addition of Μωϋσέως, Luke 2:22; John 7:23; John 8:5; Acts 13:38(Acts 13:39) (here L T Tr WH omit the article); Acts 15:5; Acts 28:23; 1 Corinthians 9:9; of κυρίου, Luke 2:39; of τοῦ Θεοῦ, (Matthew 15:6 T WH marginal reading); Romans 7:22; Romans 8:7. κατά τόν νόμον, according to the (standard or requirement of the) law, Acts 22:12; Hebrews 7:5; Hebrews 9:22. νόμος without the article (in the Epistles of Paul and James and the Epistle to the Hebrews; cf. Winers Grammar, p. 123 (117); Buttmann, 89 (78); (some interpreters contend that νόμος without the article denotes not the law of Moses but law viewed as 'a principle', 'abstract and universal'; cf. Lightfoot on Galatians 2:19; also Fresh Revision, etc., p. 99; Vaughan on Romans 2:23; especially Van Hengel on Romans 2:12; Gifford in the Speaker's Commentary on Romans, pp. 41ff. (cf. Cremer, under the word). This distinction is contrary to usage (as exhibited e. g. in Wis. 18:4; Sir. 19:17 Sir. 21:11 Sir. 31:8 Sir. 32:1 Sir. 35:15, 24 (32); Sirach 36:2,3,(33); 1 Macc. 2:21; 4 Macc. 7:7, and many other examples in the Apocrypha; see Wahl, Clavis Apocrr. under the word, p. 343), and to the context in such Pauline passages as the following: Romans 2:17, 25, 27; Romans 7:1(Romans 7:7); Romans 13:8,10; Galatians 3:17, 18, 23, 24 (cf. Romans 2:12 and Romans 3:19; Romans 5:13 and Romans 5:14); etc. It should be added, perhaps, that neither the list of passages with the article nor of those without it, as given by Prof. Grimm, claims to be complete)): Romans 2:23a, 25; Romans 3:31; Romans 4:15b; Romans 5:13; Romans 7:1a, 2a; Romans 10:4; Romans 13:10; Galatians 3:; Galatians 5:23; 1 Timothy 1:9; Hebrews 7:12, etc.; with the addition of κυρίου, Luke 2:23 (here L has the article), Luke 2:24 (L T Tr WH add the article); of Θεοῦ, Romans 7:25; of Μωϋσέως, Hebrews 10:28; especially after prepositions, as διά νόμου, Romans 2:12; Romans 3:20; Galatians 2:21; χωρίς νόμου, without the cooperation of the law, Romans 3:21; destitute or ignorant of the law, Romans 7:9; where no law has been promulged, Romans 7:8; οἱ ἐκ νόμου, those who rule their life by the law, Jews, Romans 4:14, 16 (here all editions have the article); οἱ ἐν νόμῳ, who are in the power of the law, i. e. bound to it, Romans 3:19 (but all texts here ἐν τῷ νόμῳ); ὑπό νόμον, under dominion of the law, Romans 6:14; Galatians 3:23; Galatians 4:4, 21; Galatians 5:18; οἱ ὑπό νόμον, 1 Corinthians 9:20; δικαιοῦσθαι ἐν νόμῳ, Galatians 5:4; ἔργα νόμου (see ἔργον, under the end); ἐν νόμῳ ἁμαρτάνειν, under law, i. e. with knowledge of the law, Romans 2:12 (equivalent to ἔχοντες νόμον, cf. Romans 2:14); they to whom the Mosaic law has not been made known are said νόμον μή ἔχειν, ibid. 14; ἑαυτοῖς εἰσί νόμος, their natural knowledge of right takes the place of the Mosaic law, ibid.; νόμος ἔργων, the law demanding works, Romans 3:27; διά νόμου νόμῳ ἀπέθανον, by the law itself (when I became convinced that by keeping it I could not attain to salvation, cf. Romans 7:9-24) I became utterly estranged from the law, Galatians 2:19 (cf. Winers Grammar, 210 (197); Buttmann, § 133,12). κατά νόμον, as respects the interpretation and observance of the law, Philippians 3:5. The observance of the law is designated by the following phrases: πληροῦν νόμον, Romans 13:8; τόν νόμον Galatians 5:14; πληροῦν τό δικαίωμα τοῦ νόμου, Romans 8:4; φυλάσσειν (τόν) νόμον, Acts 21:24; Galatians 6:13; τά δικαιώματα τοῦ νόμου, Romans 2:26; πράσσειν νόμον, Romans 2:25; ποιεῖν τόν νόμον, John 7:19; Galatians 5:3; τηρεῖν, Acts 15:5, 24 (Rec.); James 2:10; τέλειν, Romans 2:27 (cf. James 2:8); (on the other hand, ἀκυρουν τόν νόμον Matthew 15:6 T WH marginal reading). νόμος is used of some particular ordinance of the Mosaic law in John 19:7; James 2:8; with a genitive of the object added, τοῦ ἀνδρός, the law enacted respecting the husband, i. e. binding the wife to her husband, Romans 7:2 where Rec.elz omit τοῦ νόμου (so νόμος τοῦ πάσχα, Numbers 9:12; τοῦ λεπροῦ, Leviticus 14:2; other examples are given in Fritzsche, Ep. ad Romans, ii., p. 9; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 2 β.). Although the Jews did not make a distinction as we do between the moral, the ceremonial; the civil, precepts of the law, but thought that all should be honored and kept with the same conscientious and pious regard, yet in the N. T. not infrequently the law is so referred to as to show that the speaker or writer has his eye on the ethical part of it alone, as of primary importance and among Christians also of perpetual validity, but does not care for the ceremonial and civil portions, as being written for Jews alone: thus in Galatians 5:14; Romans 13:8, 10; Romans 2:26; Romans 7:21, 25; Matthew 5:18, and often; τά τοῦ νόμου, the precepts, moral requirements, of the law, Romans 2:14. In the Epistle of James νόμος (without the article) designates only the ethical portion of the Mosaic law, confirmed by the authority of the Christian religion: Romans 2:9-11; Romans 4:11; in the Epistle to the Hebrew, on the other hand, the ceremonial part of the law is the prominent idea.
3. of the Christian religion: νόμος πίστεως, the law demanding faith, Romans 3:27; τοῦ Χριστοῦ, the moral instruction given by Christ, especially the precept concerning love, Galatians 6:2; τῆς ἐλευθερίας (see ἐλευθερία, a.), James 1:25; James 2:12; cf. καινός νόμος τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἄνευ ζυγοῦ ἀνάγκης ὤν, the Epistle of Barnabas 2, 6 [ET] (see Harnack's note, in the place cited).
4. by metonymy νόμος, the name of the more important part (i. e. the Pentateuch), is put for the entire collection of the sacred books of the O. T.: John 7:49; John 10:34 (Psalm 81:6 (Ps. 82:6)); John 12:34 (Psalm 109:4 (Ps. 110:4); (Theod.) Daniel 2:44; Daniel 7:14); John 15:25 (Psalm 34:19 (Ps. 35:19); Psalms 68:15 (Ps. 69:15)); Romans 3:19; 1 Corinthians 14:21 (Isaiah 28:11f; so 2 Macc. 2:18, where cf. Grimm); νόμος καί οἱ προφῆται, Matthew 11:13; John 1:46; Acts 13:15; Acts 24:14; Acts 28:23; Romans 3:21 (2 Macc. 15:9); equivalent to the system of morals taught in the O. T., Matthew 5:17; Matthew 7:12; Matthew 22:40; νόμος (οἱ) προφῆται καί ψαλμοί, the religious dispensation contained in the O. T., Luke 24:44 ( νόμος, οἱ προφῆται καί τά ἀλλά πατριά βιβλία, proleg. to Sir.). Paul's doctrine concerning νόμος is exhibited by (besides others) Weiss, Biblical Theol. §§ 71, 72; Pfleiderer, Paulinismus, pp. 69f. (English translation, i., p. 68f; A. Zahn, Das Gesetz Gottes nach d. Lehre u. Erfahrung d. Apestel Paulus, Halle 1876; R. Tiling, Die Paulinische Lehre vom νόμος nach d. vier Hauptbriefen, as above with Dorpat, 1878). νόμος does not occur in the following N. T. books: 2 Corinthians, Colossians, Thessalonians, 2 Timothy, Peter, Jude, John, and Revelation.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
14:2
Numbers
9:12
Psalms
34:19; 35:19; 68:15; 69:15; 81:6; 82:6; 109:4; 110:4
Song of Songs
2
Isaiah
28:11
Daniel
2:44; 7:14
Matthew
5:17; 5:18; 5:18; 7:12; 11:13; 12:5; 15:6; 15:6; 22:36; 22:40
Luke
2:22; 2:23; 2:24; 2:27; 2:39; 10:26; 16:17; 24:44
John
1:17; 1:45; 1:46; 1:46; 7:19; 7:23; 7:49; 7:51; 8:5; 8:17; 10:34; 10:34; 12:34; 15:25; 15:25; 19:7
Acts
6:13; 7:53; 13:15; 13:38; 13:39; 15:5; 15:5; 15:24; 18:13; 18:15; 21:20; 21:24; 22:12; 23:3; 24:14; 28:23; 28:23
Romans
2:9; 2:10; 2:11; 2:12; 2:12; 2:12; 2:12; 2:13; 2:13; 2:14; 2:14; 2:15; 2:17; 2:18; 2:20; 2:23; 2:23; 2:23; 2:25; 2:25; 2:25; 2:26; 2:26; 2:26; 2:27; 2:27; 3:19; 3:19; 3:19; 3:20; 3:21; 3:21; 3:27; 3:27; 3:27; 3:31; 4:11; 4:14; 4:15; 4:15; 4:16; 5:13; 5:13; 5:14; 6:14; 7:1; 7:1; 7:1; 7:2; 7:2; 7:5; 7:7; 7:8; 7:9; 7:9; 7:10; 7:11; 7:12; 7:13; 7:14; 7:14; 7:15; 7:16; 7:17; 7:18; 7:19; 7:20; 7:21; 7:21; 7:21; 7:22; 7:22; 7:23; 7:23; 7:23; 7:24; 7:25; 7:25; 7:25; 8:2; 8:2; 8:3; 8:4; 8:7; 9:31; 10:4; 13:8; 13:8; 13:8; 13:10; 13:10; 13:10
1 Corinthians
9:8; 9:9; 9:20; 14:21; 15:56
Galatians
2:19; 2:19; 2:21; 3; 3:13; 3:17; 3:18; 3:23; 3:23; 3:24; 3:24; 4:4; 4:21; 5:3; 5:4; 5:14; 5:14; 5:18; 5:23; 6:2; 6:13
Ephesians
2:15
Philippians
3:5
1 Timothy
1:8; 1:9
Hebrews
7:5; 7:12; 7:16; 7:19; 7:28; 8:10; 9:22; 10:1; 10:16; 10:28
James
1:25; 2:8; 2:8; 2:10; 2:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3551 matches the Greek νόμος (nomos),
which occurs 194 times in 154 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 3 / 4 (1Co 14:21–Jas 2:9)

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:21 -

It is written in the law,

I will speak to this people

by people of other tongues

and by the lips of foreigners,

and even then, they will not listen to me,

says the Lord.

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the women[fn] should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but are to submit themselves, as the law also says.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:56 -

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

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and yet because we know that a person is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ,[fn] even we ourselves have believed in Christ Jesus. This was so that we might be justified by faith in Christ[fn] and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no human being will[fn] be justified.

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For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live for God.

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:21 -

I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:2 -

I only want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by believing what you heard?[fn]

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So then, does God give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law? Or is it by believing what you heard ​— ​

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For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, Everyone who does not do everything written in the book of the law is cursed.

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Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous will live by faith.

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But the law is not based on faith; instead, the one who does these things will live by them.

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Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, because it is written, Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.

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My point is this: The law, which came 430 years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously established by God[fn] and thus cancel the promise.

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For if the inheritance is based on the law, it is no longer based on the promise; but God has graciously given it to Abraham through the promise.

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Why, then, was the law given? It was added for the sake of transgressions[fn] until the Seed to whom the promise was made would come. The law was put into effect through angels by means of a mediator.

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Is the law therefore contrary to God’s promises? Absolutely not! For if the law had been granted with the ability to give life, then righteousness would certainly be on the basis of the law.

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Before this faith came, we were confined under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith was revealed.

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The law, then, was our guardian until Christ, so that we could be justified by faith.

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When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

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to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.

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Tell me, you who want to be under the law, don’t you hear the law?

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Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to do the entire law.

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You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace.

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For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement: Love your neighbor as yourself.

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

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gentleness, and self-control. The law is not against such things.[fn]

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Carry one another’s burdens; in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

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For even the circumcised don’t keep the law themselves, and yet they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh.

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he made of no effect the law consisting of commands and expressed in regulations, so that he might create in himself one new man from the two, resulting in peace.

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circumcised the eighth day; of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; regarding the law, a Pharisee;

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regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.

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and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ[fn] ​— ​the righteousness from God based on faith.

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But we know that the law is good, provided one uses it legitimately.

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We know that the law is not meant for a righteous person, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and irreverent, for those who kill their fathers and mothers, for murderers,

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The sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have a command according to the law to collect a tenth from the people ​— ​that is, from their brothers and sisters ​— ​though they have also descended from Abraham.

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For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must be a change of law as well.

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who did not become a priest based on a legal regulation about physical[fn] descent but based on the power of an indestructible life.

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(for the law perfected nothing), but a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

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For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the promise of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son, who has been perfected forever.

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Now if he were on earth, he wouldn’t be a priest, since there are those[fn] offering the gifts prescribed by the law.

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For this is the covenant

that I will make with the house of Israel

after those days, says the Lord:

I will put my laws into their minds

and write them on their hearts.

I will be their God,

and they will be my people.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:19 -

For when every command had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats,[fn] along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll itself and all the people,

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According to the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

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Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come, and not the reality itself of those things, it can never perfect the worshipers by the same sacrifices they continually offer year after year.

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After he says above, You did not desire or delight in sacrifices and offerings, whole burnt offerings and sin offerings (which are offered according to the law),

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This is the covenant I will make with them

after those days,

the Lord says,

I will put my laws on their hearts

and write them on their minds,

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Anyone who disregarded the law of Moses died without mercy, based on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

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But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer who works ​— ​this person will be blessed in what he does.

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Indeed, if you fulfill the royal law prescribed in the Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well.

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If, however, you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.


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