Bible verses about "legalism" | Anderson

²⁰ For I say to you, That, unless your righteousness excel that of the scribes and Pharisees, you can by no means enter into the kingdom of heaven. ²¹ You have heard that it was said to the ancients: You shall not kill; and whoever shall kill, shall be liable to the sentence of the judges. ²² But I say to you, Whoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be liable to the sentence of the judges. And whoever shall say to his brother, Worthless fellow, shall be liable to the sentence of the Sanhedrin. But who ever shall say, Impious wretch, shall be in danger of hell-fire. ²³ If, therefore, you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has any thing against you, ²⁴ leave your gift there before the altar, and go, first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. ²⁵ Come to an agreement with your opponent at law quickly, while you are on the road with him, lest your opponent at law deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. ²⁶ Verily, I say to you, You shall by no means come out thence, till you have paid the last farthing. ²⁷ You have heard that it was said: You shall not commit adultery. ²⁸ But I say to you, Whoever looks upon a woman to cherish desire for her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart. ²⁹ If, then, your right eye ensnare you, tear it out, and throw it from you; for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be thrown into hell. ³⁰ And if your right hand ensnare you, cut it off, and throw it from you; for it is profit able for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be thrown into hell. ³¹ It has been said: Whoever will put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce. ³² But I say to you, Whoever shall put away his wife, unless on account of lewdness, causes her to commit adultery: and whoever marries her that is divorced, commits adultery. ³³ Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients: You shall not swear falsely, but shall pay to the Lord your vows. ³⁴ But I say to you, Swear not at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God; ³⁵ nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King: ³⁶ neither shall you swear by your head, for you can not make one hair white or black. ³⁷ But let your word be, Yes, yes; No, no; for whatever is more than these is of the Evil One. ³⁸ You have heard that it was said: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. ³⁹ But I say to you, Resist not the injurious. But whoever will smite you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. ⁴⁰ And to him that will go to law with you, and take away your coat, give your mantle also. ⁴¹ And whoever will compel you to go one mile, go with him two. ⁴² Give to him that asks of you; and from him that would borrow of you, turn not away. ⁴³ You have heard that it was said: You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy. ⁴⁴ But I say to you, Love your enemies: bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who insult you and persecute you: ⁴⁵ that you may be the sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun to rise upon the evil and the good, and causes it to rain on the just and on the unjust. ⁴⁶ For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the publicans the same? ⁴⁷ And if you salute your brethren only, in what do you excel? Do not even the publicans so? ⁴⁸ Be you therefore perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

⁹ Whoever transgresses, and abides not in the teaching of the Christ, has not God: he that abides in the teaching of the Christ, has both the Father and the Son.

⁴⁶ But why call me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I command?

¹⁵ If you love me, keep my commandments;

¹ Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes, and to his disciples, ² saying: The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses seat: ³ therefore, all things that they command you to observe, observe and do. But do not according to their works: for they command, and do not. ⁴ For they bind up burdens that are heavy and hard to be borne, and lay them on the shoulders of men; but they refuse to move them with one of their fingers.

²³ Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, its justice, its mercy, and its faithfulness. These you ought to have done, and those you ought not to have neglected. ²⁴ Blind guides! who strain out a gnat, but swallow a camel. ²⁵ Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you make clean the outside of the cup and the plate; but within they are full of rapine and excess. ²⁶ Blind Pharisee! first make clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may be clean. ²⁷ Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitened sepulchers, which without appear beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. ²⁸ So also you outwardly appear to men to be just, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

²⁸ For we conclude that a man is justified by faith, without deeds of law.

²¹ I do not set aside the grace of God: for if righteousness be through law, then Christ has died in vain.

¹⁰ For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that does not continue in all things written in the book of the law to do them. ¹¹ But that no one is justified by law in the sight of God, is evident: for the just by faith shall live. ¹² The law, indeed, is not of faith; but he that does these things shall live by them. ¹³ Christ has bought us off from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us: (for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:) ¹⁴ in order that the blessing of Abraham may come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we may receive the promise of the Spirit through the faith.

²⁸ Then they said to him: What shall we do, that we may work the works of God? ²⁹ Jesus answered and said to them: This is the work of God, that you believe on him whom he has sent.

¹⁶ knowing that a man is not justified by works of law, but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed on Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of law: because, by works of law no flesh shall be justified.

⁸ For by grace you have been saved through the faith; and this matter is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: ⁹ not by works, lest any one should boast.