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The Gospel of the Kingdom

The gospel of victory that overcomes


μετανοεῖτεmetanoeiteRepent — "for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near" (Matthew 4:17)
Gospel of the Kingdom Study
Source texts · OT OSHB v2.2 (Westminster Leningrad Codex) · NT RP2018 · Quotations from the Yeshua Literal Version (YLV)
Convention · YLV Style Guide V69

Before you read — the order of salvation and commandment

Every verse is quoted in full from the Yeshua Literal Version. The quotations are not typed by hand — they are filled in by machine, so nothing is shortened or left out. Whole sentences of Greek and Hebrew are not printed; instead each verse carries only the words the argument rests on, always all three together: the original word · its transliteration · its meaning. The original word is given in its dictionary form.

Verse numbers in Daniel 6 and in the Psalms are given as in most English Bibles, with the Masoretic number the YLV follows beside them in parentheses. In Daniel 6 the Masoretic text runs one verse ahead.

Exodus 12:13 · YLV

And the blood shall be for you for a sign (ot) on the houses where you are; and I will see the blood and will pass over you, and there shall be no plague upon you to destroy when I strike the land of Egypt.

Key wordsדָּם dam bloodפָּסחַ pasach to pass overאוֹת oth sign

Exodus 20:2 · YLV

I am YHWH your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of servants.

Key wordsיָצָא yatsa to bring outעֶבֶד ebed servantאֱלֹהִים elohim God, gods

First, to be clear

That a sinner is declared righteous before God (justification) is received by grace, by the blood of Messiah, through faith. It is not from works.

Romans 3:24-25 · YLV

(24) being justified dorean(freely) by His charis(grace) through the apolytrosis(redemption, ransom-release) that is in Messiah(Christ) Yeshua(Jesus), (25) whom God set forth as a hilasterion(propitiation, mercy-seat) through faith in His blood, for a demonstration of His dikaiosyne(righteousness), on account of the passing over of previously committed sins

Key wordsδικαιόω dikaioo to make righteous, justifyδωρεάν dorean freelyἀπολύτρωσις apolytrosis redemption, release by paymentἱλαστήριον hilasterion propitiation, place of atonementπίστις pistis faith

Ephesians 2:8-9 · YLV

(8) For by charis(grace) you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the dorea(free-gift) of God; (9) not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Key wordsχάρις charis graceπίστις pistis faithσώζω sozo to saveδῶρον doron gift, freely givenἔργον ergon work

Seeking to obtain that justification on the ground of having kept the Torah is not the position of this study; it is what Scripture rebukes.

Galatians 5:4 · YLV

You have been severed from Messiah(Christ), you who are seeking to be justified by nomos(law); you have fallen from charis(grace).

Key wordsδικαιόω dikaioo to make righteous, justifyκαταργέω katargeo to be severed, rendered powerlessἐκπίπτω ekpipto to fall away

Yet Scripture calls it "righteousness" when the person so justified walks according to the commandments, and calls such a person "righteous."

Luke 1:6 · YLV

They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and dikaioma(ordinances) of the Lord.

Key wordsδίκαιος dikaios righteousἐντολή entole commandmentδικαίωμα dikaioma righteous act, ordinance carried outἄμεμπτος amemptos blameless

Deuteronomy 6:25 · YLV

And it shall be righteousness for us, if we keep to do all this commandment (mitzvah) before YHWH our God, as He commanded us (tzivvah).

Key wordsצְדָקָה tsedaqah righteousnessשָׁמַר shamar to keepעָשָׂה asah to do, makeמִצוָה mitsvah commandment

1 John 3:7 · YLV

Little children, let no one deceive you; the one who practices dikaiosyne(righteousness) is righteous, as He is righteous.

Key wordsδικαιοσύνη dikaiosyne righteousnessποιέω poieo to doδίκαιος dikaios righteousπλανάω planao to deceive

Romans 2:13 · YLV

for it is not the hearers of the nomos(law) who are righteous before God, but the doers of the nomos(law) who will be justified.

Key wordsδίκαιος dikaios righteousἀκροατής akroates hearerποιητής poietes doerνόμος nomos law

Paul says two things together in the same chapter (Romans 3). Being made righteous is by faith, and that faith upholds the law.

Romans 3:28 · YLV

For we conclude that a person is justified by faith apart from works of nomos(law).

Key wordsδικαιόω dikaioo to make righteous, justifyπίστις pistis faithνόμος nomos law

Romans 3:31 · YLV

Do we then nullify the nomos(law) through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we uphold the nomos(law).

Key wordsκαταργέω katargeo to nullify, render powerlessἵστημι histemi to establish, upholdνόμος nomos law

The order of salvation

StageWhat happensTextsResult
1 SinnerAll have sinnedRom 3:23 · 5:8Falling short of the glory of God
2 JustificationRepenting and receiving the Savior, declared righteous by faith — both repentance and receiving Him are commanded by the TorahMark 1:15 · John 1:12 · Rom 10:10 · 5:1 · 3:28 · Luke 23:42-43 · Deut 18:15 · 30:2Peace with God, children of God
3 SanctificationWorking out the salvation received, with fear and trembling — keeping the commandments and arriving at holinessPhil 2:12-13 · 1 Thess 4:3 · John 15:10The one who does and teaches the commandments is great in the kingdom (Matt 5:19) · the one who breaks and teaches so is least, saved as through fire (Matt 5:19 · 1 Cor 3:15 · 1 John 2:28)

Of the passages in the table, those not given in other chapters are given here in full.

VerseYLVNote
Romans 3:23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,ἀμαρτάνω hamartano(to sin) · δόξα doxa(glory)
John 1:12But as many as received Him, to them He gave the exousia(authority) to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,λαμβάνω lambano(to receive) · ἐξουσία exousia(authority) · τέκνον teknon(child)
Luke 23:42-43(42) And he was saying, "Yeshua(Jesus), remember me when You come into Your kingdom!" (43) And He said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise."μιμνήσκω mimnesko(to remember) · παράδεισος paradeisos(paradise)
Deuteronomy 18:15A prophet from your midst, from your brothers, like me, YHWH your God will raise up for you; to him you shall hearken,נָבִיא nabi(prophet) · קוּם qum(to raise up) · שָׁמַע shama(to hear)
Deuteronomy 30:2and you return to YHWH your God, and hearken to His voice, according to all that I am commanding you (tzivvah) this day, you and your children, with all your heart, and with all your soul (nephesh);שׁוּב shub(to return) · שָׁמַע shama(to hear) · לֵבָב lebab(heart)
VerseYLVNote
Philippians 2:12-13(12) So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own Salvation with fear and trembling; (13) for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.κατεργάζομαι katergazomai(to work out, accomplish) · σωτηρία soteria(salvation) · φόβος phobos(fear) · τρόμος tromos(trembling)
1 Thessalonians 4:3For this is the thelema(will) of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality;θέλημα thelema(will) · ἁγιασμός hagiasmos(holiness, being made holy)
1 Corinthians 3:15if anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved — yet so as through fire.πῦρ pyr(fire) · σώζω sozo(to save) · ζημιόω zemioo(to suffer loss)
1 John 2:28And now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears we may have parresia(confidence, boldness) and not shrink from Him in shame at His parousia(coming-presence).μένω meno(to remain, abide) · παρῥησία parrhesia(boldness, confidence) · αἰσχύνομαι aischynomai(to be ashamed)

This study deals with what comes after — the way the saved people walk.

The flow at a glance

No.The flowText
1Yeshua's first proclamation is "Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near"Matt 4:17
2Sin is anomia — "Torah-lessness." The law gives the knowledge of what sin is1 John 3:4 · Rom 3:20 · 7:7
3God's law and the evil law of the world are two different laws. Daniel is a righteous man who refused the evil law and kept God's lawDan 6:5 · 6:10 · 6:22
4God's law pronounces a curse on the one who does not remain in itDeut 27:26 · Gal 3:10
5The law is holy and righteous and good. Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase? Do we nullify the law through faith? May it never be — on the contrary, we uphold the lawRom 7:12 · 6:1-2 · 6:15 · 3:31
6On the cross Messiah redeemed us from that curse, accomplished forgiveness and reconciliation through His blood, and overcame sin, death and the diabolos. The gospel is the redemption and the victory of the crossGal 3:13 · Eph 1:7 · Rom 5:10 · Col 2:13-15 · 1 Cor 15:3-4 · 15:57
7This salvation is God's gift, received by grace through faith, and is not from works. The saved person was created for good worksEph 2:8-10 · Rom 3:24 · 3:28 · 5:1
8That victory becomes the believer's own. The old man is crucified with Him and is released from slavery to sinRom 6:6 · 1 John 5:4
9It is the poor in spirit who receive this. Yeshua did not come to abolish the law but to fulfill itMatt 5:3 · 5:17
10The new covenant is God's law written on the heart, and God's Spirit causes that law to be done. The word is not up in heaven nor down below; it is in the mouth and in the heartJer 31:33 · Ezek 36:27 · Deut 30:11-14 · Rom 10:6-8
11The way to remain in Yeshua is to keep His commandments, and that commandment is the Father's commandment, which was from the beginningJohn 15:10 · 12:49-50 · 1 John 2:7
12The evidence of being filled with the Spirit is a break with sinRom 6:18 · 6:22 · 1 John 3:9
13Even to those who prophesied, cast out demons and did many works of power in His name, Yeshua declares "I never knew you" if they work anomia. Daniel and his three friends kept God's law even where their lives were at stakeMatt 7:21-23 · Dan 3:17-18 · 3:28 · 6:10 · Rev 12:11
14Revelation ends with the promises given to "the one who overcomes"Rev 21:7 · 22:14

1Yeshua's first proclamation — "Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near"

Matthew 3:2 · YLV

and saying: "metanoeite(Repent, spiritual domain), for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near."

Key wordsμετανοέω metanoeo to change the mind, repentβασιλεία basileia kingdom, the king's ruleἐγγίζω engizo to draw near

Matthew 4:17 · YLV

From that time Yeshua(Jesus) began to proclaim and say: "metanoeite(Repent, spiritual domain), for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near."

Key wordsμετανοέω metanoeo to change the mind, repentβασιλεία basileia kingdom, the king's ruleκηρύσσω kerysso to proclaim

Mark 1:15 · YLV

and saying: "The kairos(appointed-time) is fulfilled and the kingdom of God has drawn near — metanoeite(repent, spiritual domain) and believe in the good news."

Key wordsκαιρός kairos appointed timeμετανοέω metanoeo to change the mind, repentεὐαγγέλιον euangelion gospel, good newsπιστεύω pisteuo to believe

The name of the gospel Yeshua preached is "the gospel of the basileia (kingdom)."

Matthew 4:23 · YLV

And Yeshua(Jesus) was going throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

Key wordsεὐαγγέλιον euangelion gospel, good newsβασιλεία basileia kingdom, the king's ruleκηρύσσω kerysso to proclaim

Matthew 24:14 · YLV

This good news of the kingdom shall be proclaimed in the whole inhabited world as a testimony to all the ethne(ethnic-groups, Gentiles), and then the end will come.

Key wordsεὐαγγέλιον euangelion gospel, good newsβασιλεία basileia kingdom, the king's ruleτέλος telos end

After the resurrection, and in the preaching of the apostles, the first word is the same. With repentance the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed, and repentance is followed by fruit and by deeds.

Luke 24:47 · YLV

and that metanoia(repentance, spiritual domain) for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the ethne(nations), beginning from Jerusalem.

Key wordsμετάνοια metanoia repentance, a turning of mind and directionἄφεσις aphesis forgiveness, releaseἁμαρτία hamartia sin

Acts 2:38 · YLV

Peter said to them, "metanoesate(Repent, spiritual domain), and each one of you be baptized in the name of Yeshua(Jesus) Messiah(Christ) for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the dorea(free-gift) of the hagio(holy) pneuma(spirit).

Key wordsμετανοέω metanoeo to change the mind, repentβαπτίζω baptizo to immerseἄφεσις aphesis forgiveness, releaseδωρεά dorea free gift

Matthew 3:8 · YLV

Therefore bear fruit worthy of metanoia(repentance, spiritual domain),

Key wordsμετάνοια metanoia repentance, a turning of mind and directionκαρπός karpos fruitἄξιος axios worthy, fitting

Acts 26:20 · YLV

but kept declaring both to those of Damascus first, and also at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should metanoein(repent, spiritual domain) and turn to God, performing deeds appropriate to metanoia(repentance, spiritual domain).

Key wordsμετανοέω metanoeo to change the mind, repentἐπιστρέφω epistrepho to turnἔργον ergon work, deed

2What is sin, and what kind of law is God's law?

1 John 3:4 · YLV

Everyone who practices sin also practices anomia(Torah-lessness); sin is anomia(Torah-lessness).

Key wordsἁμαρτία hamartia sinἀνομία anomia lawlessness, Torah-lessness

Anomia (ἀνομία) is a- (without) joined to nomos (law): lawlessness, Torah-lessness.

Romans 3:20 · YLV

Because by works of nomos(law) no sarx(flesh) will be justified before Him, for through nomos(law) comes epignosis(spiritual, complete knowledge) of sin.

Key wordsνόμος nomos lawδικαιόω dikaioo to make righteous, justifyἐπίγνωσις epignosis full knowledgeἁμαρτία hamartia sin

Romans 7:7 · YLV

What then shall we say? Is the nomos(law) sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through nomos(law); for I would not have known epithymia(lust, desire, strong craving) if the nomos(law) had not said, "You shall not have epithymia(lust, desire, strong craving)."

Key wordsνόμος nomos lawἁμαρτία hamartia sinγινώσκω ginosko to knowἐπιθυμέω epithymeo to covet

The law cannot make a person righteous. The law gives the knowledge of what sin is. One and the same verse (Romans 3:20) says both.

Romans 7:12 · YLV

So then, the nomos(law) is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

Key wordsνόμος nomos lawἅγιος hagios holyἐντολή entole commandmentδίκαιος dikaios righteousἀγαθός agathos good

Psalm 19:7-8 (Masoretic 19:8-9) · YLV

(8) The Torah of YHWH is perfect, restoring the soul (nephesh); the testimony (edut) of YHWH is sure, making wise the simple. (9) The precepts of YHWH are upright, rejoicing the heart; the commandment (mitzvah) of YHWH is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Key wordsתּוֹרָה torah Torah, instructionתָּמִים tamim perfect, completeשׁוּב shub to turn back, restoreמִצוָה mitsvah commandment

1 John 5:3 · YLV

For this is the love of God — that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.

Key wordsἀγάπη agape loveἐντολή entole commandmentτηρέω tereo to keepβαρύς barys heavy, burdensome

Deuteronomy 30:11 · YLV

For this commandment (mitzvah) which I am commanding you (tzivvah) this day, it is not too wonderful for you, nor is it far off.

Key wordsמִצוָה mitsvah commandmentפָּלָא pala to be too hard, wonderfulרָחוֹק rachoq far

Matthew 11:30 · YLV

For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."

Key wordsζυγός zygos yokeχρηστός chrestos easy, kindφορτίον phortion burdenἐλαφρός elaphros light

Matthew 19:17 · YLV

And He said to him: "Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good — but if you wish to enter into zoe(life), keep the commandments."

Key wordsζωή zoe lifeἐντολή entole commandmentτηρέω tereo to keep

3Two laws — Daniel 6

An explanation that reads Daniel 6 backwards

There is an explanation that runs: "The decree of King Darius could not be changed, and Daniel, failing to keep it, was thrown into the lions' den. God's law cannot be changed either, so we who failed to keep it were thrown to Satan as his prey." This explanation puts the decree of Darius in the place of God's law, and Daniel in the place of a sinner who broke the law. The text says the opposite.

What the text says

Daniel 6:4 (Masoretic 6:5) · YLV

Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but no occasion or corruption could they find, inasmuch as he was faithful, and no error or corruption was found against him.

Key wordsשְׁחַת shechath fault, corruptionאֲמַן aman to trust, be faithfulעִלָּה illah pretext, ground for accusation

Daniel 6:5 (Masoretic 6:6) · YLV

Then these men said, "We shall not find against this Daniel any occasion, except we find it against him in the decree (dat) of his God."

Key wordsדָּת dath law, decreeאֱלָהּ elahh God, godעִלָּה illah pretext, ground for accusation

From the start the decree was designed with "the law of his God" as its target.

Daniel 6:7 (Masoretic 6:8) · YLV

All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make strong an interdict, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.

Key wordsבְּעָא bea to ask, prayאֱלָהּ elahh God, godגֹּב gob denאַריֵה aryeh lion

This decree is a law that sets a man in the place of YHWH God. It goes directly against "You shall have no other gods before Me."

VerseYLVNote
Exodus 20:3You shall have no other gods before My face.אַחֵר acher(other) · אֱלֹהִים elohim(God, gods)
Daniel 6:10 (Masoretic 6:11) · YLV

And Daniel, when he knew that the writing was signed, went into his house; now his windows were open in his upper chamber toward Jerusalem; and three times in the day he knelt upon his knees, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, just as he had done before this.

Key wordsיְדַע yeda to knowבְּרַךְ berak to kneelצְלָא tsela to prayיְדָא yeda to give thanks

Daniel knew. He did not break the decree out of ignorance or weakness.

Daniel 6:22 (Masoretic 6:23) · YLV

My God has sent His angel, and shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; inasmuch as before Him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O king, I have done no hurt."

Key wordsזָכוּ zaku innocence, purityמַלאַךְ malak angelסְגַר segar to shut

Daniel 6:23 (Masoretic 6:24) · YLV

Then the king was exceedingly glad over him, and commanded to bring Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was brought up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

Key wordsאֲמַן aman to trust, be faithfulחֲבַל chabal hurt, damageנְסַק nesaq to take up

The text gives the reason Daniel was delivered: "because he believed in his God." Hebrews too records the stopping of the lions' mouths as something done "through faith." Daniel is a man who, by faith, remained in God's law.

VerseYLVNote
Hebrews 11:33who through faith conquered kingdoms, worked dikaiosyne(righteousness), obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,πίστις pistis(faith) · φράσσω phrasso(to stop, shut) · λέων leon(lion)
Daniel 6:24 (Masoretic 6:25) · YLV

And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had eaten the pieces of Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and they had not reached the bottom of the den when the lions overpowered them, and crushed all their bones.

Key wordsאֲכַל akal to eatקְרַץ qerats piece — "to eat the pieces of" is to slander and accuseרְמָה remah to throw

The phrase for those who had accused Daniel is, in Aramaic, akhalu qartsohi — literally, as the YLV renders it, they "had eaten the pieces of" him. The Greek Daniel (Theodotion) translates this with diaballo (διαβάλλω, to slander and accuse), and diabolos (διάβολος) is the noun formed from that verb.

God's TorahThe decree of Darius
CharacterHoly and righteous and good (Rom 7:12)An evil law of the world that goes against the Torah (Dan 6:5 · 6:7)
Whom it condemnsThe transgressor (Deut 27:26)The righteous (Dan 6:4 · 6:22)
Nature of the verdictA righteous judgmentAn unjust judgment brought about by conspiracy
Verdict on DanielInnocence (Dan 6:22)The lions' den (Dan 6:16)

The One whom Daniel 6 portrays — Yeshua

DanielYeshua
No fault could be found (Dan 6:4)"I find no guilt in this man" (Luke 23:4 · John 19:4)
Accused by means of a decree the officials contrived (Dan 6:5-13)Accused by false testimony and by "our nomos" — doctrines that force the Torah and the tradition of the elders (Matt 26:59 · John 19:7)
The king labored until sunset to rescue him (Dan 6:14)Pilate sought to release Him (John 19:12 · Luke 23:20)
A stone was laid on the mouth of the den and sealed with the signet (Dan 6:17)The stone of the tomb was sealed and guarded (Matt 27:60 · 27:66)
At dawn the king hurried to the den (Dan 6:19)At dawn they went to the tomb (Matt 28:1 · John 20:1)
Taken up without any hurt (Dan 6:23)Death could not hold Him (Acts 2:24)
The accusers were thrown into the den (Dan 6:24)The accuser, the diabolos, is thrown down (Rev 12:10 · 20:10)

The passages named in the table above are given here in full.

VerseYLVNote
Daniel 6:6 (Masoretic 6:7)Then these presidents and satraps came thronging to the king, and thus said to him, "Darius the king, live forever!רְגַשׁ regash(to throng, rush together)
Daniel 6:8-9 (Masoretic 6:9-10)(9) Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the decree (dat) of the Medes and Persians, which does not pass away." (10) Because of this, king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.אֱסָר esar(interdict, decree) · רְשַׁם resham(to sign, inscribe) · שְׁנָא shena(to change)
Daniel 6:11-13 (Masoretic 6:12-14)(12) Then these men came thronging and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God. (13) Then they came near and spoke before the king concerning the king's interdict, "Did you not sign an interdict, that every man who shall ask of any god or man within thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?" The king answered and said, "The thing is sure, according to the decree (dat) of the Medes and Persians, which does not pass away." (14) Then they answered and said before the king, "That Daniel, who is of the sons of the exile of Judah, has not regarded you, O king, nor the interdict that you have signed, but three times in the day makes his petition."שְׁכחַ shekach(to find) · בְּעָא bea(to ask, pray) · גָּלוּת galuth(exile, captivity)
Daniel 6:14 (Masoretic 6:15)Then the king, when he heard the matter, was greatly displeased with himself, and upon Daniel he set his heart to deliver him; and until the going down of the sun he labored to rescue him.שְׁזַב shezab(to deliver)
Daniel 6:16 (Masoretic 6:17)Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. The king answered and said to Daniel, "Your God whom you serve continually, He will deliver you."רְמָה remah(to throw) · גֹּב gob(den)
Daniel 6:17 (Masoretic 6:18)And a stone was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his signet, and with the signet of his nobles, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.אֶבֶן eben(stone) · חֲתַם chatham(to seal)
Daniel 6:19 (Masoretic 6:20)Then the king arose at dawn, at daybreak, and in haste went to the den of lions.שְׁפַרפַר shepharphar(dawn)
VerseYLVNote
Luke 23:4Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no guilt in this man."αἴτιος aitios(guilt, cause for a charge)
John 19:4Pilate came out again and said to them, "Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that I find no guilt in Him."αἰτία aitia(cause, ground for a charge)
John 19:12As a result of this Pilate made efforts to release Him, but the Jews cried out saying, "If you release this Man, you are no philos(friend) of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes Caesar."ἀπολύω apolyo(to release)
Luke 23:20Pilate, wanting to release Yeshua(Jesus), addressed them again,ἀπολύω apolyo(to release)
Matthew 27:60and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away.μνημεῖον mnemeion(tomb) · λίθος lithos(stone)
Matthew 27:66And they went and made the grave secure and along with the guard they set a seal on the stone.σφραγίζω sphragizo(to seal) · κουστωδία koustodia(guard)
Matthew 28:1Opse(the latter part of the festival period) yet sabbatons(referring to every Moed of Leviticus 23), as it began to dawn toward one sabbatons(referring to every Moed of Leviticus 23), Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave.ἐπιφώσκω epiphosko(to dawn) · τάφος taphos(tomb)
John 20:1But yet one of the Sabbatonss(referring to every Moed of Leviticus 23), Mariam Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw the stone already taken away from the tomb.πρωΐ proi(early in the morning) · μνημεῖον mnemeion(tomb)
Acts 2:24But God raised Him up, having loosed the birth pains of death, since it was not possible for Him to be held by it.κρατέω krateo(to hold fast) · θάνατος thanatos(death) · λύω lyo(to loose)

"We have a law" — not the Torah, but doctrines that force the Torah and the tradition of the elders

John 19:7 · YLV

The Jews answered him, "We have a nomos(law), and by that nomos(law) He ought to die because He made Himself out to be the Son of God."

Key wordsνόμος nomos lawὀφείλω opheilo to owe, oughtἀποθνήσκω apothnesko to die

It was not God's Torah that drove Yeshua to death. The trial itself broke the Torah.

John 7:19 · YLV

Did not Moses give you the nomos(law), and yet none of you carries out the nomos(law)? Why do you seek to kill Me?"

Key wordsνόμος nomos lawποιέω poieo to doἀποκτείνω apokteino to kill

Matthew 26:59 · YLV

Now the chief priests and the whole council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Yeshua(Jesus) so that they might put Him to death.

Key wordsψευδομαρτυρία pseudomartyria false testimonyσυνέδριον synedrion Sanhedrin, councilθανατόω thanatoo to put to death

Mark 14:56 · YLV

For many were giving false testimony against Him, but their testimony was not consistent.

Key wordsψευδομαρτυρέω pseudomartyreo to bear false witnessμαρτυρία martyria testimonyἴσος isos equal, consistent

False testimony is what the Torah forbids. The Torah says "do not kill the innocent and the righteous," and it requires the agreement of two or three witnesses.

VerseYLVNote
Exodus 20:16You shall not answer against your neighbor as a false witness.שֶׁקֶר sheqer(falsehood) · עֵד ed(witness)
Exodus 23:1You shall not lift up a false report; do not put your hand with the wicked to be a witness of violence.שָׁוא shav(empty, false) · חָמָס chamas(violence, malice)
Exodus 23:7From a false matter keep far; and the innocent and the righteous do not slay; for I will not justify the wicked.נָקִי naqi(innocent) · צַדִּיק tsaddiq(righteous) · הָרַג harag(to kill)
Deuteronomy 19:15One witness shall not rise up against a man (ish) for any iniquity or for any sin, in any sin that he sins; at the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses shall a matter be established.עֵד ed(witness) · קוּם qum(to stand, establish)
John 5:45 · YLV

Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope.

Key wordsκατηγορέω kategoreo to accuseἐλπίζω elpizo to set hope on

Mark 7:9 · YLV

He was also saying to them: "You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition.

Key wordsἐντολή entole commandmentἀθετέω atheteo to set aside, rejectπαράδοσις paradosis tradition

John 15:25 · YLV

But they have done this to fulfill the logos(word) that is written in their nomos(law): 'They hated Me dorean(without-cause).'

Key wordsνόμος nomos lawμισέω miseo to hateδωρεάν dorean without cause, freely

The accusers are thrown down — the judgment of Babylon and the lake of fire

That the one who sought to kill the righteous is thrown into that very place is a principle of justice in the Torah. To the false witness it shall be done as he schemed to do to his brother; the righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked goes in there in his place. Revelation shows this principle carried out to the end.

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Deuteronomy 19:18-19(18) And the judges shall inquire diligently, and behold, the witness is a false witness; he has testified falsely against his brother; (19) then you shall do to him as he had purposed to do to his brother; so you shall burn away the evil from your midst.שֶׁקֶר sheqer(falsehood) · זָמַם zamam(to scheme)
Proverbs 11:8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his place.צַדִּיק tsaddiq(righteous) · צָרָה tsarah(trouble) · חָלַץ chalats(to deliver)
Revelation 12:10 · YLV

And I heard a great voice in heaven saying, "Now have come the Salvation and the dynamis(power) and the kingdom of our God and the exousia(authority) of His Messiah(Christ), because the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down — the one accusing them before our God day and night.

Key wordsκατήγορος kategoros accuserβάλλω ballo to throwκατηγορέω kategoreo to accuse

Revelation 18:6 · YLV

Pay her back as she also paid back, and double to her double according to her works; in the cup that she mixed, mix for her double.

Key wordsἀποδίδωμι apodidomi to pay backδιπλόω diploo to doubleἔργον ergon work

Revelation 18:20 · YLV

Rejoice over her, heaven and the holy ones and the apostles and the prophets, because God has krino(judged) her with your krima(verdict) against her.

Key wordsκρίμα krima judgment, verdictκρίνω krino to judge, decideεὐφραίνω euphraino to rejoice

Revelation 18:24 · YLV

And in her was found the blood of prophets and of holy ones and of all those slaughtered on the earth.

Key wordsαἷμα aima bloodσφάζω sphazo to slaughterἅγιος hagios holy one

Revelation 19:20 · YLV

And the beast was seized, and with it the false prophet who performed the signs before it by which he led astray those who received the mark of the beast and those worshiping its image — the two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

Key wordsθηρίον therion beastψευδοπροφήτης pseudoprophetes false prophetβάλλω ballo to throwλίμνη limne lake

Revelation 20:10 · YLV

And the diabolos(devil, accuser, slanderer) who was deceiving them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where also the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Key wordsδιάβολος diabolos slanderer, accuserβάλλω ballo to throwπλανάω planao to deceive

Revelation 20:14 · YLV

And death and hades(realm-of-the-dead) were thrown into the lake of fire — this is the second death, the lake of fire.

Key wordsθάνατος thanatos deathᾅδης hades Hades, the realm of the deadδεύτερος deuteros second

4What is "the curse of the law"?

The expression "the curse of the law" occurs in only one place in all of Scripture — Galatians 3:13.

Galatians 3:13 · YLV

Messiah(Christ) redeemed us from the curse of the nomos(law), having become a curse for us — for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree" —

Key wordsκατάρα katara curseνόμος nomos lawἐξαγοράζω exagorazo to buy out, redeemκρεμάννυμι kremannymi to hang

The latter part is a quotation of Deuteronomy 21:23.

VerseYLVNote
Deuteronomy 21:23his corpse shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him on that day; for a curse of God is one hanged; and you shall not defile your ground (adamah) which YHWH your God gives you for an inheritance.קְלָלָה qelalah(curse) · תָּלָה talah(to hang)
Galatians 3:10 · YLV

For as many as are of the works of nomos(law) are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the biblion(book) of the nomos(law), to perform them."

Key wordsἐμμένω emmeno to remain inἐπικατάρατος epikataratos cursedβιβλίον biblion book

This verse is a quotation of Deuteronomy 27:26.

Deuteronomy 27:26 · YLV

Cursed is he who does not establish the words of this Torah to do them. And all the people shall say, "Amen."

Key wordsאָרַר arar to curseקוּם qum to stand, establishתּוֹרָה torah Torah, instruction

Galatians 3:10 — the first half and the second half

If the first half of Galatians 3:10, "those who are of the works of the nomos (law)," is read as the people who keep the Torah, it does not fit the second half of the same verse, "the one who does not remain … is cursed." For the two halves to agree, "those who are of the works of the law" must be people who put forward Torah-works as the ground of justification while not actually remaining in the Torah. Paul says who they are at the end of the same letter.

Galatians 6:13 · YLV

For those who are circumcised do not even keep the nomos(law) themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised so that they may boast in your sarx(flesh).

Key wordsπεριτέμνω peritemno to circumciseφυλάσσω phylasso to keep, guardνόμος nomos lawκαυχάομαι kauchaomai to boast

The very people who demanded circumcision were not keeping the law. They are "those who are of the works of the law," and they are the ones under the curse of Deuteronomy 27:26.

In the next two verses Paul sets Habakkuk 2:4 and Leviticus 18:5 side by side.

Galatians 3:11 · YLV

Now that no one is justified by nomos(law) before God is evident; for, "The righteous man shall live by faith."

Key wordsδικαιόω dikaioo to make righteous, justifyδίκαιος dikaios righteousπίστις pistis faithζάω zao to live

Galatians 3:12 · YLV

However, the nomos(law) is not of faith; on the contrary, "He who practices them shall live by them."

Key wordsνόμος nomos lawπίστις pistis faithποιέω poieo to doζάω zao to live

Justification is received by faith, and living in it is doing the commandments. Paul quotes Leviticus 18:5 the same way again in Romans 10:5.

VerseYLVNote
Habakkuk 2:4Behold, the puffed up—his soul (nephesh) is not upright within him; but the righteous shall live (chai) by his faith.צַדִּיק tsaddiq(righteous) · אֱמוּנָה emunah(faith, faithfulness) · חָיָה chayah(to live)
Leviticus 18:5And you shall keep my statutes (chuqqot) and my judgments (mishpat), which if the man (adam) does them, he shall live by them: I am YHWH.חֻקָּה chuqqah(statute) · מִשׁפָּט mishpat(judgment, ordinance) · עָשָׂה asah(to do, make) · חָיַי chayay(to live)
Romans 10:5For Moses writes concerning the dikaiosyne(righteousness) that is by the nomos(law): "The person who does these things shall live by them."δικαιοσύνη dikaiosyne(righteousness) · νόμος nomos(law) · ποιέω poieo(to do) · ζάω zao(to live)

Read in the two ways, Galatians 3:10 gives these results.

The common readingReading the text as it stands
First half, "those who are of the works of the nomos (law)"The people who keep the TorahPeople who put forward Torah-works as the ground of justification while not remaining in the Torah
Second half, "the one who does not remain … is cursed"Since no one can keep it all, everyone is cursed in the endExactly as Deuteronomy 27:26: the curse pronounced on the one who does not remain in the Torah
Where the curse fallsOn the side that keeps the TorahOn the side that does not do the Torah — אָרוּר אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָקִים arur asher lo yaqim (cursed is the one who does not uphold) · οὐκ ἐμμένει ouk emmenei (does not remain)
The two halves of one verseFirst half "the keeper is cursed," second half "the non-keeper is cursed" — a contradictionBoth halves point to the same people — no contradiction
Who those people areNot identifiedGal 6:13, "those who are circumcised do not themselves keep the nomos (law)"
3:11, Habakkuk 2:4, "the righteous shall live by faith"Faith instead of lawJustification is by faith
3:12, Leviticus 18:5, "the one who does them shall live in them"An old principle now abolishedLiving in it is by doing (Paul quotes it again in Rom 10:5)
3:13, what Messiah redeemed us fromThe law itself"The curse of the nomos (law)"
The way back under the curseKeeping the TorahNot remaining in the Torah
What Gal 5:4 rebukesKeeping the TorahSeeking "to be made righteous in the nomos (law)"

What the last line of the table means — seeking "to be made righteous in the nomos (law)" — Paul has defined himself.

Galatians 2:21 · YLV

I do not nullify the charis(grace) of God, for if dikaiosyne(righteousness) comes through nomos(law), then Messiah(Christ) died dorean(needlessly).

Key wordsἀθετέω atheteo to nullify, set asideχάρις charis graceδικαιοσύνη dikaiosyne righteousnessδωρεάν dorean for nothing, in vain

To seek to be made righteous by the law is to make the death of Messiah an empty thing; that is, to seek righteousness by the law alone, without Messiah. The result is also written in the same letter.

Galatians 5:2-4 · YLV

(2) Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Messiah(Christ) will be of no benefit to you. (3) And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole nomos(law). (4) You have been severed from Messiah(Christ), you who are seeking to be justified by nomos(law); you have fallen from charis(grace).

Key wordsπεριτέμνω peritemno to be circumcisedὠφελέω opheleo to profit, benefitὀφειλέτης opheiletes debtor, one under obligationδικαιόω dikaioo to make righteous, justifyκαταργέω katargeo to be severed, rendered powerless

Since the result is "severed from Messiah," that road was a road without Messiah from the start.

Paul named the two righteousnesses and set them apart: "my own righteousness" and "the righteousness that is from God."

Philippians 3:9 · YLV

and may be found in Him, not having a dikaiosyne(righteousness) of my own derived from nomos(law), but that which is through faith in Messiah(Christ), the dikaiosyne(righteousness) which comes from God on the basis of faith,

Key wordsδικαιοσύνη dikaiosyne righteousnessἐμός emos my ownνόμος nomos lawπίστις pistis faith

This is exactly where Israel stumbled. The goal (telos) toward which the law points is Messiah, and they tried to establish their own righteousness by the law with that goal left out.

Romans 10:3-4 · YLV

(3) For not knowing the dikaiosyne(righteousness) of God and seeking to establish their own dikaiosyne(righteousness), they did not submit to the dikaiosyne(righteousness) of God. (4) For Messiah(Christ) is the telos(goal, completion) of the nomos(law) for dikaiosyne(righteousness) to everyone who believes.

Key wordsδικαιοσύνη dikaiosyne righteousnessἴδιος idios one's ownἵστημι histemi to establish, upholdτέλος telos goal, completion, end

Forgiveness of sins and justification are things the law never did. The law was not given to give life; it was given to lead to Messiah.

Acts 13:38-39 · YLV

(38) Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through this One forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, (39) and through Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified through the nomos(law) of Moses.

Key wordsἄφεσις aphesis forgiveness, releaseἁμαρτία hamartia sinδικαιόω dikaioo to make righteous, justifyνόμος nomos law

Galatians 3:21 · YLV

Is the nomos(law) then contrary to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a nomos(law) had been given which was able to impart zoe(life), then dikaiosyne(righteousness) would indeed have been based on nomos(law).

Key wordsνόμος nomos lawἐπαγγελία epangelia promiseζωοποιέω zoopoieo to give lifeδικαιοσύνη dikaiosyne righteousness

Galatians 3:24 · YLV

Therefore the nomos(law) has become our paidagogos(guardian-instructor) to lead us to Messiah(Christ), so that we may be justified by faith.

Key wordsνόμος nomos lawπαιδαγωγός paidagogos guardian, tutorδικαιόω dikaioo to make righteous, justifyπίστις pistis faith

This was also the issue at the Jerusalem council.

VerseYLVNote
Acts 15:1Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."περιτέμνω peritemno(to be circumcised) · ἔθος ethos(custom) · σώζω sozo(to save)
Acts 15:11But we believe that we are saved through the charis(grace) of the Lord Yeshua(Jesus), in the same way as they also are."χάρις charis(grace) · σώζω sozo(to save) · πιστεύω pisteuo(to believe)

In sum, seeking "to be made righteous in the nomos (law)" means seeking forgiveness of sins and justification on the ground of having kept the law, without the blood of Messiah and without faith — and that makes Messiah one who died for nothing (Galatians 2:21). By contrast, a person who has been justified by the blood of Messiah keeping His commandments does not fall into this category. That is the life Luke 1:6 calls "righteous," and the life of which Paul says "the whole law is fulfilled."

Galatians 5:14 · YLV

For the whole nomos(law) is fulfilled in one logos(word), in the statement, "You shall agape(love) your neighbor as yourself."

Key wordsνόμος nomos lawπληρόω pleroo to fill full, fulfillἀγαπάω agapao to loveπλησίον plesion neighbor

The three are different things

Seeking "to be made righteous in the law," justification, and a justified person keeping the commandments are three different things. Once the three are kept apart, the reading "keeping the commandments means seeking righteousness by the law" has nowhere to stand.

Seeking to be made righteous in the lawJustification — by grace, by the blood, through faithA justified person keeping the commandments
What it isSeeking to be declared righteous on the ground of having kept the law, without Messiah (Gal 2:21 · 5:4)Being declared righteous by the blood of Messiah, by grace, through faith (Rom 3:24-25 · 5:1 · Eph 2:8-9)One already declared righteous walking in His commandments (Luke 1:6 · 1 John 3:7 · John 14:15)
What it stands onMy own righteousness (Phil 3:9 · Rom 10:3)The righteousness that is from God, upon faith (Phil 3:9 · Rom 3:28)That faith upholds the law — works that work together with faith (Rom 3:31 · Jas 2:22)
Messiah's placeMakes Messiah one who died for nothing (Gal 2:21)The blood of Messiah is the only ground (Rom 5:9 · Eph 1:7)The way of remaining in Messiah (John 15:10 · 1 John 3:24)
ResultSevered from Messiah, fallen from grace (Gal 5:4)Peace with God, children of God (Rom 5:1 · John 1:12)Called "righteous," great in the kingdom (Luke 1:6 · Matt 5:19)
The name Scripture gives"Those who are of the works of the law" — under the curse (Gal 3:10 · 6:13)"Made righteous by faith" (Rom 3:28 · Gal 3:11)"The one who remains in the law of liberty" — blessed (Jas 1:25 · Rev 22:14)
What the Jerusalem council divided"Unless you are circumcised you cannot be saved" (Acts 15:1)"We are saved through the grace of the Lord Yeshua" (Acts 15:11)"Keeping the commandments of God is everything" (1 Cor 7:19)
VerseYLVNote
Romans 5:9Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we will be saved through Him from the orge(wrath).δικαιόω dikaioo(to make righteous, justify) · αἷμα aima(blood) · σώζω sozo(to save)
James 2:22You see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made complete;συνεργέω synergeo(to work together) · τελειόω teleioo(to make perfect, complete)

On whom the curse is pronounced — Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 11:26-28 · YLV

(26) See, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse: (27) the blessing, if you hearken to the commandments (mitzvah) of YHWH your God which I command (tzivvah) you this day; (28) and the curse, if you do not hearken to the commandments (mitzvah) of YHWH your God, but turn aside from the way which I command (tzivvah) you this day, to go after other gods which you have not known.

Key wordsבְּרָכָה berakah blessingקְלָלָה qelalah curseמִצוָה mitsvah commandmentשָׁמַע shama to hear

Deuteronomy 30:19 · YLV

I call to witness against you this day the heavens and the earth: the life (chai) and the death I have set before you, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose in the life (chai), that you may live, you and your seed;

Key wordsחַי chay lifeמָוֶת maveth deathבְּרָכָה berakah blessingקְלָלָה qelalah curseבָּחַר bachar to choose

The first part of Deuteronomy 28 speaks of the blessing that follows obedience, and the latter part of the curse that follows disobedience.

VerseYLVNote
Deuteronomy 28:1And it shall come to pass, if you diligently listen to the voice of YHWH your God, to keep to do all His commandments (mitzvot) which I command (tzivvah) you this day, that YHWH your God will set you on high above all the nations of the earth.שָׁמַע shama(to hear) · שָׁמַר shamar(to keep)
Deuteronomy 28:2And all these blessings shall come upon you, and overtake you, if you will listen to the voice of YHWH your God.בְּרָכָה berakah(blessing)
Deuteronomy 28:15And it shall come to pass, if you do not listen to the voice of YHWH your God, to keep to do all His commandments (mitzvot) and His statutes (chuqqot) which I command (tzivvah) you this day, that all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you.קְלָלָה qelalah(curse)

The object of the curse is not the law but the one who does not remain in the law. The decree of Darius is an unjust sentence passed by an evil law on a righteous man; "the curse of the law" is the just sentence a righteous law passes on the transgressor.

The way out of the curse is not by keeping the law but by redemption

The curse pronounced on a sin already committed is not removed by keeping the law afterward. It is removed because Messiah paid the price and redeemed us. Galatians makes this plain in the same passage — 3:11 above, "the righteous shall live by faith," and the verse that follows.

Galatians 2:16 · YLV

yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of nomos(law) but through faith in Yeshua(Jesus) Messiah(Christ), even we have believed in Messiah(Christ) Yeshua(Jesus), so that we may be justified by faith in Messiah(Christ) and not by the works of nomos(law); since by the works of nomos(law) no sarx(flesh) will be justified.

Key wordsδικαιόω dikaioo to make righteous, justifyἔργον ergon workνόμος nomos lawπίστις pistis faith

What Messiah redeemed us from is "the curse of the nomos (law)," not the nomos (law).

5The gospel is the redemption and the victory of the cross

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 · YLV

(3) For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Messiah(Christ) died for our sins according to the graphai(written-scriptures), (4) and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the graphai(written-scriptures),

Key wordsἀποθνήσκω apothnesko to dieθάπτω thapto to buryἐγείρω egeiro to raiseγραφή graphe Scripture, what is written

Redemption · forgiveness of sins · reconciliation

Romans 3:23-25 · YLV

(23) for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (24) being justified dorean(freely) by His charis(grace) through the apolytrosis(redemption, ransom-release) that is in Messiah(Christ) Yeshua(Jesus), (25) whom God set forth as a hilasterion(propitiation, mercy-seat) through faith in His blood, for a demonstration of His dikaiosyne(righteousness), on account of the passing over of previously committed sins

Key wordsδωρεάν dorean freelyἀπολύτρωσις apolytrosis redemption, release by paymentἱλαστήριον hilasterion propitiation, place of atonementχάρις charis grace

Ephesians 1:7 · YLV

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His charis(grace)

Key wordsἀπολύτρωσις apolytrosis redemption, release by paymentαἷμα aima bloodἄφεσις aphesis forgiveness, releaseχάρις charis grace

Romans 5:8-10 · YLV

(8) but God demonstrates His own agape(love) toward us in that while we were still sinners, Messiah(Christ) died for us. (9) Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we will be saved through Him from the orge(wrath). (10) For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we will be saved by His zoe(life).

Key wordsἀγάπη agape loveαἷμα aima bloodκαταλλάσσω katallasso to reconcileσώζω sozo to save

2 Corinthians 5:21 · YLV

He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the dikaiosyne(righteousness) of God in Him.

Key wordsἁμαρτία hamartia sinδικαιοσύνη dikaiosyne righteousness

Hebrews 10:10 · YLV

And by that thelema(will) we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Yeshua(Jesus) Messiah(Christ) once for all.

Key wordsἁγιάζω hagiazo to make holyπροσφορά prosphora offeringἐφάπαξ ephapax once for all

Hebrews 10:14 · YLV

For by a single offering He has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

Key wordsτελειόω teleioo to make perfect, completeἁγιάζω hagiazo to make holyπροσφορά prosphora offering

By grace, through faith — for good works

Ephesians 2:8-10 · YLV

(8) For by charis(grace) you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the dorea(free-gift) of God; (9) not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. (10) For we are His workmanship, created in Messiah(Christ) Yeshua(Jesus) for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

Key wordsχάρις charis graceπίστις pistis faithδῶρον doron giftποίημα poiema workmanshipπεριπατέω peripateo to walk, conduct oneself

Romans 5:1 · YLV

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have eirene(peace) with God through our Lord Yeshua(Jesus) Messiah(Christ),

Key wordsδικαιόω dikaioo to make righteous, justifyπίστις pistis faithεἰρήνη eirene peace

Titus 3:5-7 · YLV

(5) He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in dikaiosyne(righteousness), but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the hagio(holy) pneuma(spirit), (6) whom He poured out upon us richly through Yeshua(Jesus) Messiah(Christ) our Savior, (7) so that being justified by His charis(grace) we would be made heirs according to the elpis(hope) of eternal zoe(life).

Key wordsἔλεος eleos mercyπαλιγγενεσία palingenesia regenerationἀνακαίνωσις anakainosis renewalχάρις charis graceκληρονόμος kleronomos heir

Scripture calls this "victory"

1 Corinthians 15:57 · YLV

but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Yeshua(Jesus) Messiah(Christ).

Key wordsνίκος nikos victoryχάρις charis thanks, grace

Colossians 2:13-15 · YLV

(13) When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your sarx(flesh), He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, (14) having cancelled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the stauros(cross). (15) When He had disarmed the rulers and exousiai(authorities), He made a parresia(public-display, boldness) of them, having triumphed over them through Him.

Key wordsχαρίζομαι charizomai to forgive, give freelyχειρόγραφον cheirographon handwritten record of debtἐξαλείφω exaleipho to wipe out, eraseθριαμβεύω thriambeuo to lead in triumphal procession

Paul wrote forgiveness (2:13) and victory (2:15) into a single sentence.

Hebrews 2:14 · YLV

Since therefore the children koinoneo(share, partake) in sarx(flesh) and blood, He Himself likewise partook of the same, so that through death He might nullify the one having the kratos(dominion) of death — that is, the diabolos(devil, accuser, slanderer) —

Key wordsκαταργέω katargeo to nullify, render powerlessθάνατος thanatos deathδιάβολος diabolos slanderer, accuser

John 16:33 · YLV

These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have eirene(peace); in the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world."

Key wordsνικάω nikao to overcomeθλίψις thlipsis tribulationθαρσέω tharseo to take courage

1 John 3:8 · YLV

Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the diabolos(devil, accuser, slanderer), because the diabolos(devil, accuser, slanderer) has been sinning from the beginning; the Son of God appeared for this purpose — to destroy the works of the diabolos(devil, accuser, slanderer).

Key wordsδιάβολος diabolos slanderer, accuserλύω lyo to loose, destroyἔργον ergon work

How that victory becomes mine — dying with Him and living with Him

Romans 6:3-4 · YLV

(3) Or do you not know that all of us who were baptized into Messiah(Christ) Yeshua(Jesus) were baptized into His death? (4) Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, so that just as Messiah(Christ) was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of zoe(life).

Key wordsβαπτίζω baptizo to immerseσυνθάπτω synthapto to bury withκαινότης kainotes newnessπεριπατέω peripateo to walk, conduct oneself

Romans 6:6 · YLV

knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be nullified, so that we should no longer serve sin as slaves.

Key wordsσυσταυρόω systauroo to crucify withπαλαιός palaios oldδουλεύω douleuo to serve as a slave

Galatians 2:20 · YLV

I have been crucified together with Messiah(Christ); and it is no longer I who live, but Messiah(Christ) lives in me; and the life which I now live in sarx(flesh) I live by faith in the Son of God, who agaped(loved) me and gave Himself up for me.

Key wordsσυσταυρόω systauroo to crucify withζάω zao to liveπίστις pistis faith

1 John 5:4-5 · YLV

(4) For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith. (5) Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Yeshua(Jesus) is the Son of God?

Key wordsνίκη nike victoryνικάω nikao to overcomeπίστις pistis faithγεννάω gennao to beget, be born

Romans 8:37 · YLV

But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.

Key wordsὑπερνικάω hypernikao to more than conquerἀγαπάω agapao to love

6The opening of the Sermon on the Mount — the poor in spirit and "I came to fulfill"

Matthew 5:3 · YLV

"Blessed are the poor in pneuma(spirit), for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.

Key wordsπτωχός ptochos poor, destituteπνεῦμα pneuma spiritμακάριος makarios blessed

Isaiah 61:1 · YLV

The spirit (ruach) of my Lord (Adonai) YHWH is upon me, because YHWH has anointed me to bring good tidings to the humble; he has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and opening to those who are bound;

Key wordsעָנָו anav poor, humbleבָּשַׂר basar to bring good newsמָשׁחַ mashach to anointרוּחַ ruach spirit

Isaiah 61:1 is the passage Yeshua read in the synagogue at Nazareth.

VerseYLVNote
Luke 4:18"The pneuma(spirit) of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to bring good news to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed,πτωχός ptochos(poor, destitute) · εὐαγγελίζω euangelizo(to bring good news) · χρίω chrio(to anoint)
Isaiah 66:2 · YLV

And all these my hand has made, and all these came to be, declares YHWH. But to this one I will look: to the humble and contrite of spirit (ruach), and trembling at my word.

Key wordsעָנִי ani poor, afflictedנָכֶה nakeh stricken, contriteרוּחַ ruach spiritחָרֵד chared trembling

Matthew 5:6 · YLV

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for dikaiosyne(righteousness), for they will be satisfied.

Key wordsδικαιοσύνη dikaiosyne righteousnessπεινάω peinao to hungerδιψάω dipsao to thirstχορτάζω chortazo to satisfy, fill

Matthew 11:5 · YLV

the blind receive sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

Key wordsπτωχός ptochos poor, destituteεὐαγγελίζω euangelizo to bring good news

On the opposite side is the one who says of himself that he is rich.

Revelation 3:17 · YLV

Because you say, "I am rich and have become wealthy and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are the wretched and pitiful and poor and blind and naked one,

Key wordsπλούσιος plousios richπτωχός ptochos poor, destituteτυφλός typhlos blindγυμνός gymnos naked

Not to abolish but to fulfill

Matthew 5:17 · YLV

Do not think that I came to abolish the nomos(law) or the prophets — I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.

Key wordsκαταλύω katalyo to tear down, abolishπληρόω pleroo to fill full, fulfillνόμος nomos law

Matthew 5:18 · YLV

For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one iota(smallest Greek letter) or one keraia(stroke of a letter) will pass away from the nomos(law) until all things are accomplished.

Key wordsἰῶτα iota iotaκεραία keraia stroke of a letterπαρέρχομαι parerchomai to pass away

Matthew 5:19 · YLV

Whoever then breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of the heavens; but whoever keeps and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.

Key wordsλύω lyo to loose, breakἐντολή entole commandmentδιδάσκω didasko to teachποιέω poieo to do

Matthew 5:20 · YLV

For I say to you that unless your dikaiosyne(righteousness) surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of the heavens.

Key wordsδικαιοσύνη dikaiosyne righteousnessπερισσεύω perisseuo to abound, exceed

Romans 10:4 · YLV

For Messiah(Christ) is the telos(goal, completion) of the nomos(law) for dikaiosyne(righteousness) to everyone who believes.

Key wordsτέλος telos goal, completion, endνόμος nomos lawδικαιοσύνη dikaiosyne righteousness

7The new covenant and the Spirit — the law is written on the heart

Jeremiah 31:31 · YLV

Behold, days are coming, declares YHWH, when I will cut a new covenant (berit) with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

Key wordsבְּרִית berith covenantחָדָשׁ chadash new

Jeremiah 31:33 · YLV

For this is the covenant (berit) that I will cut with the house of Israel after those days, declares YHWH: I will put My Torah within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Key wordsתּוֹרָה torah Torah, instructionלֵב leb heartכָּתַב kathab to writeקֶרֶב qereb inward part, midst

Hebrews 8:10 · YLV

For this is the diatheke(covenant) that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my nomoi(laws) into their dianoia(thought), and write them on their kardiai(hearts, soul-domains), and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Key wordsνόμος nomos lawδιάνοια dianoia mind, understandingκαρδία kardia heartἐπιγράφω epigrapho to write upon, inscribe

Ezekiel 36:26-27 · YLV

(26) And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit (ruach) I will put within you; and I will remove the heart of stone out of your flesh (basar), and I will give you a heart of flesh (basar). (27) And my spirit (ruach) I will put within you, and I will cause you to walk in my statutes (chuqqim), and you shall keep my judgments (mishpat) and do them.

Key wordsרוּחַ ruach spiritחֹק choq statuteמִשׁפָּט mishpat judgment, ordinanceעָשָׂה asah to do, make

Romans 8:3-4 · YLV

(3) For what was impossible for the nomos(law) — in that it was weak through the sarx(flesh) — God, by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful sarx(flesh) and concerning sin, katakrino(condemned) sin in the sarx(flesh), (4) so that the dikaioma(ordinance) of the nomos(law) might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the sarx(flesh) but according to the pneuma(spirit).

Key wordsδικαίωμα dikaioma righteous act, ordinance carried outσάρξ sarx fleshπνεῦμα pneuma spiritπεριπατέω peripateo to walk, conduct oneself

Romans 8:7 · YLV

Because the phronema(mindset) of the sarx(flesh) is hostility toward God, for it does not submit to the nomos(law) of God — indeed it cannot —

Key wordsφρόνημα phronema mindsetἔχθρα echthra enmityὑποτάσσω hypotasso to submit

The side that does not submit to God's law Paul calls not the Spirit but the flesh. And, as in Romans 3:31 given in "Before you read," faith does not nullify the law but upholds it.

Neither up in heaven nor down below — Paul's quotation of Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 30:12-14 · YLV

(12) It is not in the heavens, saying: 'Who will go up for us to the heavens, and take it for us, and make us hear it, that we may do it?' (13) And it is not beyond the sea, saying: 'Who will pass over for us to beyond the sea, and take it for us, and make us hear it, that we may do it?' (14) But the word is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, to do it.

Key wordsדָּבָר dabar wordקָרוֹב qarob nearפֶּה peh mouthלֵבָב lebab heartעָשָׂה asah to do, make

Romans 10:6-8 · YLV

(6) But the dikaiosyne(righteousness) that is by faith speaks thus: "Do not say in your kardia(heart, soul-domain), 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" — that is, to bring Messiah(Christ) down — (7) "or, 'Who will descend into the abyss?'" — that is, to bring Messiah(Christ) up from the dead. (8) But what does it say? "The rhema(spoken-word) is near you — in your mouth and in your kardia(heart, soul-domain)" — that is, the rhema(spoken-word) of faith which we proclaim:

Key wordsῥήμα rhema spoken wordἄβυσσος abyssos abyssστόμα stoma mouthκαρδία kardia heart

Paul quotes the Deuteronomy passage — "the commandment can be done" — as the voice of "the righteousness that comes from faith." Because Messiah has already come down from heaven and has already come up from among the dead, the word is in the mouth and in the heart. The "mouth" and "heart" of Deuteronomy 30:14 lead straight into Romans 10:9-10, which follows.

VerseYLVNote
Romans 10:9that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Yeshua(Jesus) and believe in your kardia(heart, soul-domain) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.ὁμολογέω homologeo(to confess) · στόμα stoma(mouth) · πιστεύω pisteuo(to believe)
Romans 10:10For with the kardia(heart, soul-domain) one believes resulting in dikaiosyne(righteousness), and with the mouth one confesses resulting in Salvation.καρδία kardia(heart) · δικαιοσύνη dikaiosyne(righteousness) · σωτηρία soteria(salvation)
Romans 9:31-32 · YLV

(31) but Israel, pursuing a nomos(law) of dikaiosyne(righteousness), did not reach the nomos(law) of dikaiosyne(righteousness). (32) Why? Because it was not by faith but as by works of the nomos(law) — they stumbled against the stone of stumbling,

Key wordsνόμος nomos lawδικαιοσύνη dikaiosyne righteousnessφθάνω phthano to attainπίστις pistis faith

The beneficiary of the new covenant becomes the man of Psalm 1:2

Psalm 1:1-3 · YLV

(1) Blessed is the man (ish) who has not walked in the counsel of the wicked, and in the way of sinners has not stood, and in the seat of scorners has not sat. (2) But his delight is in the Torah of YHWH, and in his Torah he meditates day and night. (3) And he shall be like a tree planted by streams of water, which gives its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither; and all that he does, he makes prosper.

Key wordsאֶשֶׁר esher blessedתּוֹרָה torah Torah, instructionחֵפֶץ chephets delightהָגָה hagah to murmur, meditate

Psalm 40:8 (Masoretic 40:9) · YLV

To do your will, my God, I delight; and your Torah is within my inward parts."

Key wordsחָפֵץ chaphets to delightרָצוֹן ratson will, pleasureתּוֹרָה torah Torah, instructionמֵעֶה meeh inward parts

Romans 7:22 · YLV

For I delight in the nomos(law) of God according to the inner person,

Key wordsσυνήδομαι synedomai to delight withνόμος nomos lawἔσω eso inner

The person on whose heart the law is written (Jeremiah 31:33) is the person who delights in that law (Psalm 1:2). The Psalms begin with "Blessed" (ashre), and the Sermon on the Mount also begins with "Blessed" (makarioi).

8How to remain in Yeshua — keeping His commandments

John 15:4-6 · YLV

(4) Abide in Me and I in you; as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. (5) I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. (6) If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them and cast them into the fire and they are burned.

Key wordsμένω meno to remain, abideκλῆμα klema branchκαρπός karpos fruitβάλλω ballo to throw

John 15:10 · YLV

If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My agape(love); just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His agape(love).

Key wordsἐντολή entole commandmentτηρέω tereo to keepμένω meno to remain, abideἀγάπη agape love

John 14:15 · YLV

If you agapao(love) Me, you will keep My commandments.

Key wordsἀγαπάω agapao to loveἐντολή entole commandmentτηρέω tereo to keep

John 14:21 · YLV

He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who agapao(loves) Me; and he who agapao(loves) Me will be agapao(loved) by My Father, and I will agapao(love) him and will disclose Myself to him."

Key wordsἐντολή entole commandmentτηρέω tereo to keepἀγαπάω agapao to loveἐμφανίζω emphanizo to manifest

1 John 3:24 · YLV

Whoever keeps His commandments abides in God, and God in him; and by this we know that He abides in us — by the pneuma(spirit) that He has given us.

Key wordsἐντολή entole commandmentτηρέω tereo to keepμένω meno to remain, abideπνεῦμα pneuma spirit

1 John 2:3-4 · YLV

(3) And by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. (4) Whoever says "I know Him" but does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the aletheia(truth) is not in such a person.

Key wordsγινώσκω ginosko to knowἐντολή entole commandmentψεύστης pseustes liarἀλήθεια aletheia truth

1 John 2:6 · YLV

Whoever says he abides in Him ought to walk in the same way in which He walked.

Key wordsμένω meno to remain, abideὀφείλω opheilo to owe, oughtπεριπατέω peripateo to walk, conduct oneself

1 Corinthians 7:19 · YLV

Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is everything.

Key wordsπεριτομή peritome circumcisionτήρησις teresis keepingἐντολή entole commandment

Yeshua's commandment is the Father's commandment

John 7:16 · YLV

So Yeshua(Jesus) answered them and said, "My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.

Key wordsδιδαχή didache teachingπέμπω pempo to send

John 12:49-50 · YLV

(49) For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak. (50) I know that His commandment is eternal zoe(life); therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me."

Key wordsἐντολή entole commandmentζωή zoe lifeαἰώνιος aionios eternalλαλέω laleo to speak

John 14:24 · YLV

He who does not agapao(love) Me does not keep My logos(words); and the logos(word) which you hear is not Mine, but the Father's who sent Me.

Key wordsλόγος logos wordπέμπω pempo to sendτηρέω tereo to keep

1 John 2:7 · YLV

Brothers, I am not writing you a new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning; the old commandment is the logos(word) that you have heard from the beginning.

Key wordsἐντολή entole commandmentκαινός kainos newπαλαιός palaios oldἀρχή arche beginning

2 John 1:6 · YLV

And this is love: that we walk according to His commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you walk in it.

Key wordsἀγάπη agape loveἐντολή entole commandmentπεριπατέω peripateo to walk, conduct oneself

Matthew 22:37-40 · YLV

(37) And He said to him: "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your kardia(heart, soul-domain) and with all your psyche(soul) and with all your nous(intellect, spiritual domain).' (38) This is the great and foremost commandment. (39) The second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' (40) On these two commandments depend the whole nomos(law) and the Prophets."

Key wordsἀγαπάω agapao to loveἐντολή entole commandmentνόμος nomos lawκρεμάννυμι kremannymi to hang, depend

The first commandment is a direct quotation of Deuteronomy 6:5, and the second of Leviticus 19:18.

VerseYLVNote
Deuteronomy 6:5And you shall love YHWH your God with all your heart and with all your soul (nephesh) and with all your might.אָהַב ahab(to love) · לֵבָב lebab(heart) · נֶפֶשׁ nephesh(soul)
Leviticus 19:18You shall not avenge, and you shall not bear a grudge against the sons of your people, and you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am YHWH.אָהַב ahab(to love) · רֵעַ rea(neighbor)

9"Keep it all" — James 2

James 1:25 · YLV

But the one who looks into the perfect nomos(law) of freedom and perseveres — not being a hearer who forgets but a doer who acts — this one will be blessed in his doing.

Key wordsπαραμένω parameno to remain beside, continueνόμος nomos lawἐλευθερία eleutheria liberty, freedomμακάριος makarios blessed

James 2:8 · YLV

If you truly fulfill the royal nomos(law) according to the graphe(written-scripture), "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.

Key wordsβασιλικός basilikos royalνόμος nomos lawτελέω teleo to carry out, fulfill

James 2:10-11 · YLV

(10) For whoever keeps the whole nomos(law) but stumbles at one point has become accountable for all of it. (11) For He who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder"; if you do not commit adultery but you murder, you have become a transgressor of the nomos(law).

Key wordsπταίω ptaio to stumbleἔνοχος enochos accountable, liableπαραβάτης parabates transgressor

James 2:12-13 · YLV

(12) So speak and so act as those who are to be krino(judge)d under the nomos(law) of freedom. (13) For krisis(judgment) is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over krisis(judgment).

Key wordsἐλευθερία eleutheria liberty, freedomἔλεος eleos mercyκατακαυχάομαι katakauchaomai to triumph over, boast against

James 2:17 · YLV

So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead in itself.

Key wordsπίστις pistis faithἔργον ergon workνεκρός nekros dead

James 2:22-23 · YLV

(22) You see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made complete; (23) and the graphe(written-scripture) was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as dikaiosyne(righteousness)," and he was called a friend of God.

Key wordsσυνεργέω synergeo to work togetherτελειόω teleioo to make perfect, completeφίλος philos friend

James 2:24 · YLV

You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

Key wordsδικαιόω dikaioo to make righteous, justifyἔργον ergon workπίστις pistis faith

The works James speaks of are not works that try to obtain righteousness without faith, but works that "work together with" faith (2:22). Abraham first believed God and was counted righteous, and that faith showed itself in obedience. It is the same thing Paul says: "created for good works" (Ephesians 2:10).

VerseYLVNote
Genesis 15:6And he believed in YHWH; and he counted it to him for righteousness.אָמַן aman(to believe) · חָשַׁב chashab(to reckon, count) · צְדָקָה tsedaqah(righteousness)
Genesis 22:12And he said, "Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do not do anything to him; for now I know that you are a fearer of God, since you have not withheld your son, your only one, from me."יָרֵא yare(fearing) · חָשַׂךְ chasak(to withhold)
Luke 1:6 · YLV

They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and dikaioma(ordinances) of the Lord.

Key wordsδίκαιος dikaios righteousἐντολή entole commandmentδικαίωμα dikaioma righteous act, ordinance carried outἄμεμπτος amemptos blameless

Matthew 28:20 · YLV

teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you all the days until the end of the age. Amen."

Key wordsτηρέω tereo to keepἐντέλλομαι entellomai to commandδιδάσκω didasko to teach

Romans 1:5 · YLV

through whom we received charis(grace) and apostleship for the obedience of faith among all the nations for the sake of His name,

Key wordsὑπακοή hypakoe obedienceπίστις pistis faith

"To remain" — where one remains

The Greek verb meno (μένω, to remain) ties these passages together. Where one remains divides blessing from curse.

TextWhere one remainsResult
Gal 3:10The one who does not remain in the law — ἐμμένω emmeno (to remain in)Curse
Rom 6:1Continuing in sin — ἐπιμένω epimeno (to continue, remain on)"May it never be!" (Rom 6:2)
Jas 1:25The one who remains in the perfect law of liberty — παραμένω parameno (to remain beside)Blessed
John 8:31-32The one who remains in Yeshua's word — μένω meno (to remain)True disciple, truth, freedom
John 15:10The one who keeps the commandments and remains in His love — μένω meno (to remain)Much fruit (John 15:5)
1 John 3:6The one who remains in Him — μένω meno (to remain)Does not sin
VerseYLVNote
Romans 6:1What then shall we say? Are we to continue in sin so that charis(grace) may increase?ἐπιμένω epimeno(to continue, remain on) · χάρις charis(grace)
John 8:31-32(31) So Yeshua(Jesus) was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, "If you continue in My logos(word), you are alethos(truly) disciples of Mine; (32) and you will know the aletheia(truth), and the aletheia(truth) will make you free."μένω meno(to remain, abide) · ἀλήθεια aletheia(truth) · ἐλευθερόω eleutheroo(to set free)
John 15:5I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.μένω meno(to remain, abide) · καρπός karpos(fruit)

10The evidence of being filled with the Spirit — a break with sin

Romans 6:2 · YLV

May it never be! We who died to sin — how shall we still live in it?

Key wordsἀποθνήσκω apothnesko to dieἁμαρτία hamartia sinζάω zao to live

Romans 6:7 · YLV

For the one who has died has been justified from sin.

Key wordsἀποθνήσκω apothnesko to dieδικαιόω dikaioo to make righteous, justifyἁμαρτία hamartia sin

Romans 6:11-13 · YLV

(11) So also reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin but alive to God in Messiah(Christ) Yeshua(Jesus) our Lord. (12) Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so as to obey its epithymia(lust, desire, strong craving)s, (13) and do not go on presenting your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead and your members as instruments of dikaiosyne(righteousness) to God.

Key wordsλογίζομαι logizomai to reckon, considerβασιλεύω basileuo to reignὅπλον hoplon weapon, instrumentδικαιοσύνη dikaiosyne righteousness

Romans 6:14 · YLV

For sin will not exercise dominion over you, for you are not under nomos(law) but under charis(grace).

Key wordsκυριεύω kyrieuo to have dominion overἁμαρτία hamartia sinχάρις charis grace

Romans 6:18 · YLV

and having been freed from sin, you were enslaved to dikaiosyne(righteousness).

Key wordsἐλευθερόω eleutheroo to set freeδουλόω douloo to enslaveδικαιοσύνη dikaiosyne righteousness

Romans 6:22 · YLV

But now, having been freed from sin and having become enslaved to God, you have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end is eternal zoe(life).

Key wordsἐλευθερόω eleutheroo to set freeκαρπός karpos fruitἁγιασμός hagiasmos holiness, being made holyζωή zoe life

John 8:34 · YLV

Yeshua(Jesus) answered them, "Truly, truly I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.

Key wordsἁμαρτία hamartia sinδοῦλος doulos slaveποιέω poieo to do

John 8:36 · YLV

So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

Key wordsἐλευθερόω eleutheroo to set freeἐλεύθερος eleutheros freeυἱός uihos son

Galatians 5:16 · YLV

But I say, walk by the pneuma(spirit), and you will not carry out the epithymia(desire, craving) of sarx(flesh).

Key wordsπνεῦμα pneuma spiritπεριπατέω peripateo to walk, conduct oneselfἐπιθυμία epithymia strong desireτελέω teleo to carry out, fulfill

"You will by no means carry out" is the strongest negation in Greek (ou me).

Galatians 5:24-25 · YLV

(24) Now those who belong to Messiah(Christ) Yeshua(Jesus) have crucified sarx(flesh) with its pathema(passions, sufferings) and epithymia(desires, cravings). (25) If we live by the pneuma(spirit), let us also walk by the pneuma(spirit).

Key wordsσταυρόω stauroo to crucifyσάρξ sarx fleshπνεῦμα pneuma spiritστοιχέω stoicheo to walk in line

1 John 3:6 · YLV

No one who abides in Him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen Him or known Him.

Key wordsμένω meno to remain, abideἀμαρτάνω hamartano to sin

1 John 3:9 · YLV

No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, because God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.

Key wordsγεννάω gennao to beget, be bornσπέρμα sperma seedμένω meno to remain, abideἀμαρτάνω hamartano to sin

1 John 5:18 · YLV

We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.

Key wordsγεννάω gennao to beget, be bornτηρέω tereo to keepπονηρός poneros evilἅπτομαι haptomai to touch

1 Peter 4:1-2 · YLV

(1) Since therefore Messiah(Christ) suffered in the sarx(flesh), arm yourselves also with the same ennoia(attitude, disposition) — for whoever has suffered in the sarx(flesh) has ceased from sin — (2) so as to live for the rest of the chronos(chronological-time) in the sarx(flesh) no longer for human epithymiai(lusts, desires, strong cravings) but for the thelema(will) of God.

Key wordsπαύω pauo to ceaseἁμαρτία hamartia sinθέλημα thelema willἐπιθυμία epithymia strong desire

Acts 5:32 · YLV

And we are His witnesses of these rhema(spoken-word)s, and so is the hagio(holy) pneuma(spirit), whom God has given to those who obey Him."

Key wordsπειθαρχέω peitharcheo to obeyπνεῦμα pneuma spiritἅγιος hagios holy

Ephesians 5:18 · YLV

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the pneuma(spirit),

Key wordsπληρόω pleroo to fill fullπνεῦμα pneuma spirit

Galatians 5:22-23 · YLV

(22) But the karpos(fruit) of the pneuma(spirit) is agape(love), joy, eirene(peace), patience, kindness, goodness, faith, (23) gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no nomos(law).

Key wordsκαρπός karpos fruitπνεῦμα pneuma spiritἀγάπη agape loveἐγκράτεια enkrateia self-control

Stumbling while walking, and remaining in sin

Scripture treats the stumbling of a person who has broken with sin and is walking, and a life that remains in sin, as two different things.

One who has broken with sin and stumbles while walkingOne who remains in sin
TextJas 3:2 · 1 John 1:9 · 2:1Rom 6:1 · Heb 10:26 · 1 John 3:8
What Scripture saysIf we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous and forgives · If anyone does sin, we have a Parakletos with the FatherIf we sin willfully, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins · The one who practices sin is of the diabolos
Why John wroteSo that you may not sin (1 John 2:1)
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James 3:2For we all stumble in many ways, and if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.πταίω ptaio(to stumble)
1 John 1:9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.ὁμολογέω homologeo(to confess, declare) · ἀφίημι aphiemi(to forgive, let go) · καθαρίζω katharizo(to cleanse)
1 John 2:1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have a Parakletos(the One who comes alongside to call) with the Father — Yeshua(Jesus) Messiah(Christ) the righteous.ἀμαρτάνω hamartano(to sin) · παράκλητος parakletos(advocate, one called alongside)
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Hebrews 10:26For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the epignosis(spiritual, complete knowledge) of aletheia(truth), there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,ἑκουσίως hekousios(willfully) · ἀμαρτάνω hamartano(to sin) · θυσία thysia(sacrifice)

11The gospel of the world — "sin cannot be overcome; money and success are the blessing"

What the gospel of the world saysScripture
"Sin cannot be overcome"Rom 6:14 · 1 Cor 10:13 · 1 John 5:4
"Sin, and be washed on Sunday"Rom 6:1-2 · Heb 10:26
"We are under grace, so the law is not needed"Rom 6:15 · Rom 3:31 · Matt 5:17-19
"Money and success are the proof of blessing"1 Tim 6:5 · Matt 6:24 · Rev 3:17
"Prophesying, casting out demons and working miracles is enough"Matt 7:23

Of these, the passages not yet given above are given here in full.

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1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has overtaken you but what is human; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.πειρασμός peirasmos(temptation, testing) · ἔκβασις ekbasis(way out) · ὑποφέρω hypophero(to bear up under)
Romans 6:15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under nomos(law) but under charis(grace)? May it never be!ἀμαρτάνω hamartano(to sin) · χάρις charis(grace) · νόμος nomos(law)
1 Timothy 6:5and constant friction between men of depraved nous(intellect, spiritual domain) and deprived of the aletheia(truth), who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.εὐσέβεια eusebeia(godliness) · πορισμός porismos(means of gain)
Matthew 6:24No one is able to serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other — you cannot serve God and Mammon(wealth, riches).μαμμωνᾶς mammonas(mammon, wealth) · δουλεύω douleuo(to serve as a slave)
Jude 1:4 · YLV

For certain people have crept in unnoticed — those who were written about long ago for this krima(verdict) — ungodly people who pervert the charis(grace) of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master, God, and Lord Yeshua(Jesus) Messiah(Christ).

Key wordsχάρις charis graceἀσέλγεια aselgeia licentiousnessμετατίθημι metatithemi to change, pervertἀρνέομαι arneomai to deny

2 Peter 2:19 · YLV

They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption — for whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.

Key wordsἐλευθερία eleutheria liberty, freedomφθορά phthora corruptionδοῦλος doulos slaveἡττάω hettao to be overcome, defeated

2 Peter 2:3 · YLV

And in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their krima(verdict) from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

Key wordsπλεονεξία pleonexia greedπλαστός plastos fabricatedἐμπορεύομαι emporeuomai to exploit, trade in

Hebrews 10:29 · YLV

How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has regarded the blood of the diatheke(covenant) by which he was sanctified as koinos(common, worldly), and has insulted the pneuma(spirit) of charis(grace)?

Key wordsκαταπατέω katapateo to trampleδιαθήκη diatheke covenantκοινός koinos common, profaneἐνυβρίζω enybrizo to insult, outrage

1 Timothy 6:9-10 · YLV

(9) But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful epithymia(desires, cravings) which plunge men into ruin and destruction. (10) For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Key wordsφιλαργυρία philargyria love of moneyῥίζα rhiza rootπαγίς pagis snareἐπιθυμία epithymia strong desire

Luke 16:13-14 · YLV

(13) No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to the one and despise the other; you cannot serve God and mammon(wealth)." (14) Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him.

Key wordsμαμμωνᾶς mammonas mammon, wealthδουλεύω douleuo to serve as a slaveφιλάργυρος philargyros money-lovingἐκμυκτερίζω ekmykterizo to sneer at

What true grace does

Titus 2:11-12 · YLV

(11) For the charis(grace) of God has appeared, bringing Salvation to all men, (12) instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly epithymiai(lusts, desires, strong cravings) and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,

Key wordsχάρις charis graceπαιδεύω paideuo to train, disciplineἀσέβεια asebeia ungodlinessἀρνέομαι arneomai to deny

Titus 2:14 · YLV

who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every anomia(Torah-lessness), and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

Key wordsλυτρόω lytroo to redeem, ransomἀνομία anomia lawlessness, Torah-lessnessκαθαρίζω katharizo to cleanseζηλωτής zelotes zealous one

12The conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount — power without the law has nothing to do with Yeshua

Matthew 7:13-14 · YLV

(13) Enter through the narrow gate, for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. (14) For how narrow is the gate and how difficult the way that leads to zoe(life) — and there are few who find it.

Key wordsστενός stenos narrowπύλη pyle gateἀπώλεια apoleia destructionζωή zoe life

Matthew 7:15-16 · YLV

(15) Be on guard against false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. (16) You will epiginosko(knowing-without-misjudgment) them by their fruits — grapes are not gathered from thornbushes nor figs from thistles, are they?

Key wordsψευδοπροφήτης pseudoprophetes false prophetκαρπός karpos fruitἐπιγινώσκω epiginosko to know fully, recognize

Matthew 7:21 · YLV

Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of the heavens, but the one who does the thelema(will) of My Father who is in the heavens.

Key wordsθέλημα thelema willποιέω poieo to doβασιλεία basileia kingdom, the king's rule

Matthew 7:22 · YLV

Many will say to Me on that day: 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demon(individual evil spirits to be expelled)s, and in Your name perform many dynamis(miracles, power)?'

Key wordsπροφητεύω propheteuo to prophesyδαιμόνιον daimonion demonδύναμις dynamis power

Matthew 7:23 · YLV

And then I will declare to them: 'I never knew you — depart from Me, you who work the anomia(Torah-lessness).'

Key wordsἀνομία anomia lawlessness, Torah-lessnessἐργάζομαι ergazomai to work, doγινώσκω ginosko to knowὁμολογέω homologeo to declare

The anomia here is the same word as in 1 John 3:4, "sin is anomia."

Matthew 7:24 · YLV

Therefore everyone who hears these logos(words) of Mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Key wordsἀκούω akouo to hearποιέω poieo to doπέτρα petra rockφρόνιμος phronimos wise

Matthew 7:26 · YLV

And everyone who hears these logos(words) of Mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

Key wordsἀκούω akouo to hearποιέω poieo to doἄμμος ammos sandμωρός moros foolish

Matthew 24:12-13 · YLV

(12) Because anomia(Torah-lessness) is multiplied, most people's love will grow cold. (13) But the one who endures to the end — he will be saved.

Key wordsἀνομία anomia lawlessness, Torah-lessnessἀγάπη agape loveψύχω psycho to grow coldὑπομένω hypomeno to endure

God's law kept where life was at stake — Daniel and his three friends

Daniel 3:17-18 · YLV

(17) If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and from your hand, O king, He will deliver. (18) But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor do homage to the image of gold which you have set up."

Key wordsפְּלחַ pelach to serveשְׁזַב shezab to deliverסְגִד segid to bow down, worshipצֶלֶם tselem image

Daniel 3:28 · YLV

Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and changed the king's word, and gave up their bodies, that they might not serve nor do homage to any god, except their own God.

Key wordsרְחַץ rechats to trustשְׁזַב shezab to deliverפְּלחַ pelach to serveסְגִד segid to bow down, worship

What the three friends kept was "you shall not make a carved image and bow down to it," and what Daniel kept was prayer to God (Daniel 6:10). The text says that they "trusted" in God (Daniel 3:28) and "believed" (Daniel 6:23). Those who stand before the image of the beast in Revelation are the same.

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Exodus 20:4-5(4) You shall not make for yourself a carved image, nor any likeness of what is in the heavens above, or what is in the earth beneath, or what is in the waters under the earth. (5) You shall not bow down to them, and you shall not serve them (avad); for I, YHWH your God, am a jealous God (El), visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of those who hate Me,פֶּסֶל pesel(carved image) · שָׁחָה shachah(to bow down) · עָבַד abad(to serve)
Revelation 13:15 · YLV

And it was given to it to give pneuma(spirit) to the image of the beast so that the image of the beast might even speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

Key wordsεἰκών eikon imageπροσκυνέω proskyneo to worshipἀποκτείνω apokteino to kill

Revelation 12:11 · YLV

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the logos(word, message) of their testimony, and they did not agapao(love) their psyche(soul) even unto death.

Key wordsνικάω nikao to overcomeαἷμα aima bloodἀρνίον arnion lambμαρτυρία martyria testimonyψυχή psyche soul

13Revelation — the gospel of victory that overcomes

Revelation 5:5 · YLV

And one of the elders says to me, "Do not weep; behold, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has overcome to open the biblion(scroll) and its seven seals."

Key wordsνικάω nikao to overcomeλέων leon lionῥίζα rhiza root

These are the promises to "the one who overcomes" given to the seven ekklesiai, and the promise at the end of the book.

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Revelation 2:7Let the one who has an ear hear what the pneuma(spirit) says to the ekklesia(called-out communities): to the one who overcomes I will grant to eat from the tree of zoe(life), which is in the paradise of my God.νικάω nikao(to overcome) · παράδεισος paradeisos(paradise) · ζωή zoe(life)
Revelation 2:11Let the one who has an ear hear what the pneuma(spirit) says to the ekklesia(called-out communities): the one who overcomes will by no means be harmed by the second death.νικάω nikao(to overcome) · θάνατος thanatos(death) · δεύτερος deuteros(second)
Revelation 2:17Let the one who has an ear hear what the pneuma(spirit) says to the ekklesia(called-out communities): to the one who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written that no one knows except the one receiving it.νικάω nikao(to overcome) · μάννα manna(manna) · ψῆφος psephos(stone, pebble)
Revelation 2:26And to the one who overcomes and who keeps my works to the end, I will give exousia(authority) over the ethne(nations, Gentiles),νικάω nikao(to overcome) · τηρέω tereo(to keep) · ἐξουσία exousia(authority)
Revelation 3:5The one who overcomes will be clothed in white garments, and I will by no means erase his name from the biblos(scroll) of zoe(life), and I will confess his name before my Father and before His angels.νικάω nikao(to overcome) · ἱμάτιον himation(garment) · ἐξαλείφω exaleipho(to wipe out, erase)
Revelation 3:12The one who overcomes — I will make him a pillar in the naos(sanctuary-temple) of my God, and he will by no means go out from it anymore, and I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God — the new Jerusalem, which comes down from heaven from my God — and my new name.νικάω nikao(to overcome) · στύλος stylos(pillar) · ναός naos(sanctuary, temple)
Revelation 3:21To the one who overcomes I will grant to sit with me on my throne, as I also overcame and sat down with my Father on His throne.νικάω nikao(to overcome) · θρόνος thronos(throne)
Revelation 21:7The one who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son.νικάω nikao(to overcome) · κληρονομέω kleronomeo(to inherit)

How do they overcome, and who is the one who overcomes?

The answer is Revelation 12:11.

Revelation 12:11 · YLV

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the logos(word, message) of their testimony, and they did not agapao(love) their psyche(soul) even unto death.

Key wordsνικάω nikao to overcomeαἷμα aima bloodἀρνίον arnion lambμαρτυρία martyria testimonyψυχή psyche soul

They overcame "because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony." The first ground of overcoming is the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 12:17 · YLV

And the dragon was angry with the woman and went off to make war with the rest of her offspring — those who keep the commandments of God and hold the testimony of Yeshua(Jesus).

Key wordsἐντολή entole commandmentτηρέω tereo to keepμαρτυρία martyria testimonyπόλεμος polemos war

Revelation 14:12 · YLV

Here is the steadfast endurance of the holy ones — those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Yeshua(Jesus).

Key wordsὑπομονή hypomone enduranceἐντολή entole commandmentπίστις pistis faithτηρέω tereo to keep

Revelation 17:14 · YLV

These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with Him are called and chosen and faithful.

Key wordsνικάω nikao to overcomeκλητός kletos calledἐκλεκτός eklektos chosenπιστός pistos faithful

Revelation 18:4 · YLV

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, so that you do not synkoinoneo(co-participate) in her sins and so that you do not receive her plagues,

Key wordsἐξέρχομαι exerchomai to come outσυγκοινωνέω synkoinoneo to share inἁμαρτία hamartia sin

Revelation 21:8 · YLV

But for the cowardly and faithless and sinful and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and those practicing pharmakeia(sorcery, poisoning) and idolaters and all liars — their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."

Key wordsδειλός deilos cowardlyἄπιστος apistos unbelievingψευδής pseudes false, lyingδεύτερος deuteros second

Revelation 22:14 · YLV

Blessed are those who do His commandments, so that their exousia(authority) will be over the tree of zoe(life) and they may enter through the gates into the city.

Key wordsἐντολή entole commandmentποιέω poieo to doμακάριος makarios blessedἐξουσία exousia authority

In Daniel 6 the righteous man did not yield to the evil law but remained in God's law (Daniel 6:10), innocence was found in him (Daniel 6:22), and the accusers were thrown down (Daniel 6:24). In Revelation those who keep the commandments of God (Revelation 12:17 · 14:12) overcome by the blood of the Lamb (Revelation 12:11), and the accuser is thrown down (Revelation 12:10 · 20:10).

14The whole picture — the beginning and the end of Scripture say the same thing

PlaceTextContent
The first psalmPs 1:1-2Blessed — the man who delights in the Torah of YHWH
The order of salvation and commandmentExod 20:2 · Eph 2:8-10He delivers first and gives the commandments after · saved by grace through faith, created for good works
Yeshua's first proclamationMatt 4:17Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near
The opening of the Sermon on the MountMatt 5:3 · 5:17Blessed — the poor in spirit · I came to fulfill the law
The close of the Sermon on the MountMatt 7:23-24Depart, you who work anomia · the one who hears and does is a house on the rock
The crossGal 3:13 · Eph 1:7 · Rom 5:10 · Col 2:13-15 · Rom 6:6Redemption from the curse · forgiveness of sins · reconciliation · victory · the old man crucified with Him
Being made righteousRom 3:24 · 3:28 · 3:31 · Gal 2:16Made righteous freely by grace, by faith · and that faith upholds the law
The new covenant and the SpiritJer 31:33 · Ezek 36:27 · Rom 8:4The law written on the heart · the Spirit causes the law to be done
RemainingJohn 15:10 · 1 John 3:24The one who keeps the commandments remains in Him
The evidenceRom 6:18 · 6:22 · 1 John 3:9A break with sin, the fruit of holiness
The end of ScriptureRev 21:7 · 22:14The one who overcomes inherits · Blessed — those who do His commandments

Appendix — key words

EnglishOriginalTransliterationMeaning
RepentanceμετάνοιαmetanoiaA turning of mind and direction
KingdomβασιλείαbasileiaKingdom, the king's rule
GospelεὐαγγέλιονeuangelionGood news
GraceχάριςcharisFavor freely shown
FaithπίστιςpistisFaith, faithfulness
Free giftδωρεάdoreaA gift freely given (Eph 2:8)
Lawνόμος · תּוֹרָהnomos · torahGod's law, instruction
Commandmentἐντολή · מִצְוָהentole · mitsvahWhat is commanded
Torah-lessnessἀνομίαanomiaLawlessness — "sin is anomia" (1 John 3:4)
Curseκατάρα · אָרַרkatara · ararWhat the law pronounces on the transgressor
To redeemἐξαγοράζωexagorazoTo buy out by paying the price
RedemptionἀπολύτρωσιςapolytrosisRelease by payment of a price (Rom 3:24 · Eph 1:7)
PropitiationἱλαστήριονhilasterionThe place of atonement, atoning sacrifice (Rom 3:25)
Poorπτωχός · עָנִיptochos · aniOne who has nothing and so begs
To fulfillπληρόωplerooTo fill full
To abolishκαταλύωkatalyoTo tear down, demolish
To remainμένωmenoTo remain, abide
To keepτηρέωtereoTo keep, guard
To walkπεριπατέωperipateoTo walk about, to live
Spiritπνεῦμα · רוּחַpneuma · ruachSpirit
RighteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosyneRighteousness
HolinessἁγιασμόςhagiasmosBeing made holy
To overcome · victoryνικάω · νίκηnikao · nikeTo overcome · victory
DevilδιάβολοςdiabolosThe one who slanders and accuses
InnocenceזָכוּzakuPurity, innocence (Dan 6:22)

This study follows, through the text of Scripture, the way the saved people walk — from Yeshua's first proclamation, "Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near," to "the one who overcomes" in Revelation. Quotations are the full text of the Yeshua Literal Version; the original key words are taken from the word data of OSHB v2.2 (Westminster Leningrad Codex) for the Old Testament and RP2018 for the New. Bible Homes Inc.

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