Matthew 5:17

Do not suppose that I have come to do away with the law or the prophets. I have not come to do away with them but to fulfill them.
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Treated in 7 passages across the library.

  1. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of communion with Christ in purchased grace cites Matt. v. 17

    …conformable to the law; and therein came Christ, not to destroy but to fulfil the law, Matt. v. 17, — that was the design of his coming, and so for us; he came to fulfil the law for us…

  2. Stepping Stones · Gareth Evans

    So That’s What It Means! cites Matthew 5:17

    …holy days. In fact, your Bible tells me that he ‘fulfilled the Law in all its demands’ (Matthew 5:17). What I do not understand is this: if you claim to be a follower of his, why don’t you…

  3. The Big Story · Ochorus Originals

    Ten Words on a Mountain cites Matthew 5:17

    …Jesus is in this Jesus said, “I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them” (Matthew 5:17), speaking of the Law and the Prophets. He summed up all ten commandments in two great…

  4. The Big Story · Ochorus Originals

    The Kingdom Is Here cites Matthew 5:17

    …to throw out the Old Testament: “I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them” (Matthew 5:17). But He goes deeper than anyone had. Not just “don’t murder” but don’t nurse anger. Not…

  5. Tell Me the Story – Book 5: Wonders and Stories · Ochorus Originals

    Blessed Are You cites Matthew 5:17

    …Jesus said He had come not to abolish the Law and the Prophets, “but to fulfill them” (Matthew 5:17). Everything God said in the Old Testament, every law and every promise, finds its…

  6. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Discourse 5 cites Matt. 5:17–20

    …of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.” Matt. 5:17–20 1. Among the multitude of reproaches which fell upon Him who “was despised and rejected…

  7. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    The Sabbath cites Matt. v. 17

    …these words, satisfies me that He was not speaking of the ceremonial law, but the moral. (Matt. v. 17.) I find Him speaking of the Ten Commandments as a recognized standard of moral right and…

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