This is why the promise is by faith, so that it may be according to grace, to guarantee it to all the descendants-- not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of Abraham's faith. He is the father of us all

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

For if the inheritance is from the law, it is no longer from the promise; but God granted it to Abraham through the promise.

Now a mediator is not for just one person, but God is one.

But the Scripture has imprisoned everything under sin's power, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

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

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

and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ-- the righteousness from God based on faith.

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

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.

Do we then cancel the law through faith? Absolutely not! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

But if her husband cancels them on the day he hears [about it], nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or her obligation, is binding. Her husband has canceled them, and the LORD will absolve her.

But if he cancels them after he hears [about them], he will be responsible for her commitment."

It is time for the LORD to act, [for] they have broken Your law.

so My word that comes from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and will prosper in what I send it [to do]."

I will spoil the plans of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hand of those who want to take their life. I will provide their corpses as food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.