Breaking the Law
8 passages
- James 4:17
Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
Read it in context - 1 John 3:4
Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.
Read it in context - James 2:10
Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
Read it in context - Acts 5:29
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
Read it in context - Proverbs 19:5
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
Read it in context - Romans 13:1
Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
Read it in context - Romans 7:7
What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
Read it in context - Romans 4:15
because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
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