Parallel Verses King James Version Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Darby Bible Translation Think not that I am come to make void the law or the prophets; I am not come to make void, but to fulfil. World English Bible "Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill. Young's Literal Translation 'Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets -- I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil; Matthew 5:17 Parallel Commentary Geneva Study Bible{3} Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but {g} to fulfil. (3) Christ did not come to bring any new way of righteousness and salvation into the world, but indeed to fulfil that which was shadowed by the figures of the Law, by delivering men through grace from the curse of the Law: and moreover to teach the true use of obedience which the Law appointed, and to engrave in our hearts the power for obedience. (g) That the prophecies may be accomplished. [1] I Amos not come to destroy Christ's relation to the law of Moses may be thus summarized: (1) He was made under the law Gal 4:4. (2) He lived in perfect obedience to the law Jn 8:46 Mt 17:5 1Pet 2:21-23. (3) he was a minister of the law to the Jews, clearing it from rabbinical sophistries, enforcing it in all its pitiless severity upon those who professed to obey it (e.g.) Lk 10:25-37 but confirming the promises made to the fathers under the Mosaic Covenant Rom 15:8. (4) He fulfilled the types of the law by His holy life and sacrificial death Heb 9:11-26. (5) He bore, vicariously, the curse of the law that the Abrahamic Covenant might avail all who believe Gal 3:13,14. (6) He brought out by His redemption all who believe from the place of servants under the law into the place of sons Gal 4:1-7. (7) He mediated by His blood the New Covenant of assurance and grace in which all believers stand Rom 5:2 Heb 8:6-13 Song establishing the "law of Christ" Gal 6:2 with its precepts of higher exaltation made possible by the indwelling Spirit. Matthew 5:17 Parallel Commentaries Library The Eighth Beatitude'Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.'--MATT. v. 10. We have seen the description of the true subjects of the kingdom growing into form and completeness before our eyes in the preceding verses, which tell us what they are in their own consciousness, what they are in their longings, what they become in inward nature by God's gift of purity, how they move among men as angels of God, meek, merciful, peace-bringing. Is anything more needed … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Salt Without Savour The First Beatitude The Seventh Beatitude The New Sinai The Lamp and the Bushel The New Form of the Old Law 'Swear not at All' Non-Resistance The Law of Love Cross References Matthew 7:12 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. Romans 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. Jump to Previous Abolish Complete Completion Destroy Destruction End Fulfil Fulfill Law Moment Prophets Suppose Think Thought Throw VoidJump to Next Abolish Complete Completion Destroy Destruction End Fulfil Fulfill Law Moment Prophets Suppose Think Thought Throw VoidLinks Matthew 5:17 NIVMatthew 5:17 NLT Matthew 5:17 ESV Matthew 5:17 NASB Matthew 5:17 KJV Matthew 5:17 Bible Apps Matthew 5:17 Biblia Paralela Matthew 5:17 Chinese Bible Matthew 5:17 French Bible Matthew 5:17 German Bible Matthew 5:17 Commentaries Bible Hub |