Law of Moses written on heart and mind under the NEW Covenant

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the Gentiles had to guide them was the "spirit".

True. Pagan gentiles were not spending their entire day reading the Bible or attending Bible instruction. But they did have the "Holy Spirit" to convict them "of SIN and righesousness and judgment" John 16 - and of course "Sin IS transgression of the LAW" 1 John 3:4 according to scripture not just in 1 John 3:4 but also in James 2.

Love those "details"

Perhaps you can explain your position more clearly,

Love to. Is there a question you would like to ask?

but it almost seems you are saying that while the Gentile do not have access to the Law of Moses, they are still obligated to obey it. That would be a very strange position indeed.

until you read the Bible on that point.

In the LAW of Moses we find these examples of commands according to Christ

Matt 19
17 So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
18 He said to Him, “Which ones?”
Jesus said,
“‘You shall not murder,’ Ex 20
‘You shall not commit adultery,’ Ex 20
You shall not steal,’ Ex 20
You shall not bear false witness,’ Ex 20
19 ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, Ex 20:12
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ” Lev 19:18

So "yeah" Jews and gentiles on the hook for such things for "ALL have sinned" Rom 3:23... not "Just Jews have sinned".

Not sure how any of this is "the hard part" since every Christian denomination on planet Earth admits to it.

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I am glad these Sunday sources all affirm ALL TEN of the Ten Commandments for Christians written on the heart under the Jer 31:31-34 New Covenant.

The Baptist Confession of Faith,
the Westminster Confession of Faith ,
D.L. Moody,
R.C Sproul,
Matthew Henry,
Thomas Watson
Eastern Orthodox Catechism
 
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First, we know from the Old Testament that God gives the Law to Israel in order to to set the Israelite apart from the Gentile:

You are therefore to make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; and you shall not make [o]yourselves detestable by animal or by bird or by anything [p]that creeps on the ground, which I have separated for you as unclean. 26 Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy; and I have set you apart from the peoples to be Mine.

I do not see how you can possibly square this text with a belief that the Gentiles are actually supposed to follow the Law of Moses (even if they do not have access to it).

Jews were given the ceremonial laws including circumcision - gentile believers in the OT were not given that -- though they still have the animal sacrifice system pointing to the Messiah as the savior of the world "not just jews"
 
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Why would those gentiles NOT ask to meet "tomorrow" given that they were just given the gospel.

Because their synagogue was closed!!

Why not read the chapter instead "just saying no" every time I give you some information from scripture??

Notice that clinging to a "Gospel denying gentiles" idea in Acts 13 - is pure eisegesis.

Acts 13
42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
44 And the next Sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

You are trying to wriggle out of the hole you have dug yourself. Of course the gentiles of the city at the end of the story accepted the gospel. But the people in v42 were not "accepting gentiles" as you claimed. They were the enquiring congregants of the synagogue (jews and proselytes) inviting Paul and Barnabas to speak again at their next meeting.
 
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It would be interesting if you could show how your reply survives the "details" in the texts quoted for you.

Take a shot at it.

============== a simple example of one fail in your post
you claimed
Implying that Rom 3:19-20 has some sort of "just for Jews" element in it.


To which you got this response

You were shown that there is no "Just for Jews" element in Rom 3:19-20,23,31
you were shown that the scope for Sabbath keeping is "all mankind" even in the OT Isaiah 66:23
you were shown that the KJV has not be "refuted" since even the NASB keeps making that same point in James 2.

Again you are pointlessly repeating a post that I have already answered. I'm sure it very annoying to followers of this thread.

Ignored.

That speculation was already debunked - do yo want me to post it again??

Bible details so obvious that all major denomination on planet earth admit to it.

Rom 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (not just jews)

1 John 3:4 "sin is transgression of the law" -- (not ... "just for jews")

Rom 3:19-20 "every mouth" and "all the world" have the problem of sin.. all the world needs salvation "not just Jews"

19 Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God; 20 because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

Rom 3:31 "do WE then make void the LAW of God by our faith? on the contrary! We ESTABLISH the LAW"

You have not debunked anything. Nor am I speculating. I quoted from Romans 2 that states simply and unequivocally that Jews only are under the Law. If Romans 3:19 means what you think it means, that the whole world is under the Law, then Paul is contradicting himself. But the verse doesn't actually say the whole world is under the Law does it?

As expos4ever explains in post #82, verse 19 is the conclusion of Paul's explanation in the preceding verses that both Gentiles and Jews are sinners. It is stating that since those under the Law (Jews) are also sinners, the whole world (Jews+Gentiles) is accountable to God.

Here are some excerpts from a couple of highly respected commentaries on Romans that might help you to understand better. The first is from the Pillar Commentary on Romans by Leon Morris (Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), the second is the NICNT commentary on Romans by Douglas Moo (Professor of New Testament at the Wheaton College).


The Epistle to the Romans by LEON MORRIS (PILLAR NEW TESTAMENT COMMENTARY)

All that the law says, then, it says to those who are under the law, or more exactly those who are “in” the law (Moffatt, “inside the Law”). Presumably this means that the people in
question center themselves on the law, have their whole being in the law. What the law
says is certainly addressed to them, not to someone else who is outside the sphere of the
law. Some hold that Paul means everyone in the world (e.g., Murray, Hendriksen), but it is unlikely that Paul’s readers would have held that anyone other than the Jew was under the law. The law, being from God, has its relevance for all mankind, certainly. But Paul’s point here is that the Jew cannot rest on a fancied security, holding that he is safe while the Gentile will come under the judgment of God. The law under which he lives, the law that is addressed to him and on which he prides himself that it is given to him and not to other people, convicts him as well as the Gentiles. The whole world (and not merely the Gentile world) is convicted.

The Epistle to the ROMANS by DOUGLAS J. MOO (NICNT Commentary)

But how is it that Paul can use accusations addressed to Jews ("those
in the law") to declare that all people are guilty? Some would limit the
reference of "every mouth" to Jews, but the parallelism with "the whole
world" makes this unlikely. Probably Paul is using an implicit "from the
greater to the lesser" argument: if Jews, God's chosen people, cannot be
excluded from the scope of sin's tyranny, then it surely follows that Gentiles,
who have no claim on God's favor, are also guilty. We must remember that
Paul's chief purpose throughout Rom. 1:18-3:20 is not to demonstrate that
Gentiles are guilty and in need of God's righteousness — for this could be
assumed — but that Jews bear the same burden and have the same need. It is
for this reason that, while all people are included in the scope of vv. 19-20,
there is particular reference to the Jews and their law.
 
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You provide a text that says "THE CITY has no NEED" of the sun or moon and bend it to support your claim that THERE IS NO SUN or MOON for all of planet earth in the New Earth.... as if... "we would not notice" that those are two different statements.

If you are still in any doubt...

Rev 21:23 is not the only verse that explains why there will be no Moon in the new heaven & earth.

2 Peter 3:10-12 "But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, ..., because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn"

Or do you seriously think that Christians will be observing the Jewish New Moon festival (with a non-existent Moon), despite the fact that the old Jewish ceremonial festivals do not apply to Christians (Col 2:16-17)?
 
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Why would they invite Paul "tomorrow" when the next meeting of the synagogue was the following sabbath?

Why would those gentiles NOT ask to meet "tomorrow" given that they were just given the gospel.

Because their synagogue was closed!!
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ahh I see - and gospel believing gentiles 'only meet in synagogues' - I get your point now.

so of course as gospel believers - those gentiles would only want to meet "next Sabbath" after all the synagogue would be open "next Sabbath"
 
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I quoted from Romans 2 that states simply and unequivocally that Jews only are under the Law.

Lots of gentiles getting slam hammered n 1 Cor 6 for breaking God's Law.

Lots of "what matters is KEEPING God's Commandments" given to the gentile church in 1 Cor 7:19

Lots of "do we then nullify the LAW of God by our faith? God forbid! In fact we ESTABLISH the LAW" in Romans 3:31 as the command to gentiles and Jews in Rome.

No wonder we got this answer to your Romans 2 questions

A simple, short, clear question: For those of you who believe that the Gentile is subject to the Law of Moses, what does Paul means by the phrase "without the Law"?:

For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law,...

This should be fascinating........

The Jews had scripture, the Bible, the Word of God... gentiles that were simply pagans and not those attending synagogue services (as in Acts 13, 17, 18:4 gentiles hearing scripture ) all the gentiles had to guide them was "paganism" .. and the Holy Spirit as He impresses the pagan. Paul calls that state of darkness "without the law" in Romans 2.

Context is everything...particularly when Paul's own clarifying statements remove all doubt in the chapter that apparently "somebody does not want to quote" if it is going to say that all have sinned , all break the law, all need the gospel.

Romans 3
Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? 2 Great in every respect. First of all, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

And what does the WORD of God say?

Rom 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (not just jews)

1 John 3:4 "sin is transgression of the law" -- (not ... "just for jews")

Rom 3:19-20 "every mouth" and "all the world" have the problem of sin.. all the world needs salvation "not just Jews"

19 Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God; 20 because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

Rom 3:31 "do WE then make void the LAW of God by our faith? on the contrary! We ESTABLISH the LAW"

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If you are still in any doubt...

Rev 21:23 is not the only verse that explains why there will be no Moon in the new heaven & earth.

hint : Rev 21:23 does not actually say "there will be no Moon in the new heaven & earth" doesn't that Bible detail bother your statement above "just a little"??

2 Peter 3:10-12 "But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, ..., because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn"

Or do you seriously think that Christians will be observing the Jewish New Moon festival (with a non-existent Moon),

You keep coming back with a suggestion of the form "I failed to interpret Rev 21 correctly so now God can't mean what he said in Isaiah 66:23" and now you are trying that same thing with 2 Peter 3.

2 Peter 3 does not say that when God makes the New Earth there will be no more moon, or no more galaxies or no more space.

Rev 21 does not say "no more moon"

All that is merely your "extreme inference" being poured into the text. you are free to do it -- but why should we find that form of eisegesis compelling?
 
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If Romans 3:19 means what you think it means, that the whole world is under the Law, then Paul is contradicting himself.
The Jews had scripture, the Bible, the Word of God... gentiles that were simply pagans and not those attending synagogue services (as in Acts 13, 17, 18:4 gentiles hearing scripture ) all the gentiles had to guide them was "paganism" .. and the Holy Spirit as He impresses the pagan. Paul calls that state of darkness "without the law" in Romans 2.

Context is everything...particularly when Paul's own clarifying statements remove all doubt in the chapter that apparently "somebody does not want to quote" if it is going to say that all have sinned , all break the law, all need the gospel.

Romans 3
Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? 2 Great in every respect. First of all, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

And what does the WORD of God say?

Rom 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (not just jews)

1 John 3:4 "sin is transgression of the law" -- (not ... "just for jews")

Rom 3:19-20 "every mouth" and "all the world" have the problem of sin.. all the world needs salvation "not just Jews"

19 Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God; 20 because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

Rom 3:31 "do WE then make void the LAW of God by our faith? on the contrary! We ESTABLISH the LAW"



I appears you are saying you are happy with my response. How is it that I would complain about you agreeing with me? I am happy to have agreement.

If Romans 3:19 means what you think it means, that the whole world is under the Law, then Paul is contradicting himself.

hmmm.. "all the World" is in fact "ALL the World" -- as it turns out.

Rom 3:19-20 "every mouth" and "all the world" have the problem of sin.. all the world needs salvation "not just Jews"

19 Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God; 20 because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

Rom 3:23 "ALL have sinned"

Rom 3:31 "do WE then make void the LAW of God by our faith? on the contrary! We ESTABLISH the LAW"

1 John 3:4 "SIN IS transgression of the LAW"

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Matthew Henry -- Romans 3

See the method that God takes both in justifying and condemning: he stops every mouth those that are justified have their mouths stopped by a humble conviction those that are condemned have their mouths stopped too, for they shall at last be convinced (Jude 1:15), and sent speechless to hell, Matthew 22:12. All iniquity shall stop her mouth, Psalm 107:42.

2. He extends it in general to all the world: That all the world may become guilty before God. If the world likes in wickedness (1 John 5:19), to be sure it is guilty.--May become guilty that is, may be proved guilty, liable to punishment, all by nature children of wrath, Ephesians 2:3. They must all plead guilty those that stand most upon their own justification will certainly be cast. Guilty before God is a dreadful word, before an all-seeing God, that is not, nor can be, deceived in his judgment--before a just and righteous judge, who will by no means clear the guilty. All are guilty, and therefore all have need of a righteousness wherein to appear before God. For all have sinned (Romans 3:23) all are sinners by nature, by practice, and have come short of the glory of God--have failed of that which is the chief end of man. Come short, as the archer comes short of the mark, as the runner comes short of the prize so come short, as not only not to win, but to be great losers. Come short of the glory of God. (1.) Come short of glorifying God. See Romans 1:21, They glorified him not as God. Man was placed at the head of the visible creation, actively to glorify that great Creator whom the inferior creatures could glorify only objectively but man by sin comes short of this, and, instead of glorifying God, dishonours him. It is a very melancholy consideration, to look upon the children of men, who were made to glorify God, and to think how few there are that do it. (2.) Come short of glorying before God. There is no boasting of innocency: if we go about to glory before God, to boast of any thing we are, or have, or do, this will be an everlasting estoppel--that we have all sinned, and this will silence us. We may glory before men, who are short-sighted, and cannot search our hearts,--who are corrupt, as we are, and well enough pleased with sin but there is no glorying before God, who cannot endure to look upon iniquity. (3.) Come short of being glorified by God. Come short of justification, or acceptance with God, which is glory begun--come short of the holiness or sanctification which is the glorious image of God upon man, and have overthrown all hopes and expectations of being glorified with God in heaven by any righteousness of their own. It is impossible now to get to heaven in the way of spotless innocency. That passage is blocked up. There is a cherub and a flaming sword set to keep that way to the tree of life.

 
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Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament


Rom 3:19
May be brought under the judgement of God (υποδικος γενηται τωι τεωι — hupodikos genētai tōi theōi). “That all the world (Jew as well as Gentile) may become (γενηται — genētai) answerable (υποδικος — hupodikos old forensic word, here only in N.T.) to God (dative case τωι τεωι — tōi theōi).” Every one is “liable to God,” in God‘s court.


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Rom 3:23

Verse 23

Sinned (ηρμαρτον — hērmarton). Constative second aorist active indicative of αμαρτανω — hamartanō as in Romans 5:12. This tense gathers up the whole race into one statement (a timeless aorist).

And fall short (και υστερουνται — kai husterountai). Present middle indicative of υστερεω — hustereō to be υστερος — husteros (comparative) too late, continued action, still fall short. It is followed by the ablative case as here, the case of separation.

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Verse 31

Nay, we establish the law (αλλα νομον ιστανομεν — alla nomon histanomen). Present indicative active of late verb ιστανω — histanō from ιστημι — histēmi This Paul hinted at in Romans 3:21. How he will show in chapter 4 how Abraham himself is an example of faith and in his life illustrates the very point just made. Besides, apart from Christ and the help of the Holy Spirit no one can keep God‘s law. The Mosaic law is only workable by faith in Christ.
 
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ahh I see - and gospel believing gentiles 'only meet in synagogues' - I get your point now.

so of course as gospel believers - those gentiles would only want to meet "next Sabbath" after all the synagogue would be open "next Sabbath"

No, they were not gospel believing Gentiles. They were the congregation of the synagogue in which Paul preached.

Acts 13:14-15 "they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down. After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, say it."

[Paul's sermon follows]

Acts 13:43 As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told them the next Sabbath.And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.
 
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Lots of gentiles getting slam hammered n 1 Cor 6 for breaking God's Law.

Where in 1 Cor 6 does Paul accuse them of breaking the 10 commandments?

Lots of "what matters is KEEPING God's Commandments" given to the gentile church in 1 Cor 7:19

1 Cor 7:19 does not say "the Ten commandments". You are employing eisegesis AGAIN.

Lots of "do we then nullify the LAW of God by our faith? God forbid! In fact we ESTABLISH the LAW" in Romans 3:31 as the command to gentiles and Jews in Rome.

"we establish the law" does not mean Christians are obliged to obey the law. That would contradict numerous other scriptures that say otherwise. No, Paul is referring to the way in which our faith in Christ fulfills the demands of the law (see Rom 8:4). Do we nullify the Law through faith? No, we establish the Law through faith. That is Paul's point.
 
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hint : Rev 21:23 does not actually say "there will be no Moon in the new heaven & earth" doesn't that Bible detail bother your statement above "just a little"??

Rev 21:23 explains how the new earth will be lit in the absence of a sun and a moon. If there is a sun and a moon why would God provide another source of light?

And how will they even see the moon if there is no more night?

Rev 22:5 "And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them"

2 Peter 3 does not say that when God makes the New Earth there will be no more moon, or no more galaxies or no more space.

Rev 21 does not say "no more moon"

It says the Moon will be "burned up and dissolved" . No more Moon.


Do you seriously think that Christians will be observing the Jewish New Moon festival (with a non-existent Moon), despite the fact that the old Jewish ceremonial festivals do not apply to Christians (Col 2:16-17)?
 
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hmmm.. "all the World" is in fact "ALL the World" -- as it turns out.

Rom 3:19-20 "every mouth" and "all the world" have the problem of sin.. all the world needs salvation "not just Jews"

19 Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God; 20 because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

Rom 3:23 "ALL have sinned"

Rom 3:31 "do WE then make void the LAW of God by our faith? on the contrary! We ESTABLISH the LAW"

1 John 3:4 "SIN IS transgression of the LAW"

Yes all the world (the Jews under the Law + the gentiles without the law) will be accountable to God.

Notice Rom 3:19 doesn't say all the world is under the Law (as you want it to say). What it actually says is all the world will be held accountable to God. Two different things.

Still waiting for you to refute my argument from Rom 2 that Jews only are under the Law.
 
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Matthew Henry -- Romans 3

See the method that God takes both in justifying and condemning: he stops every mouth those that are justified have their mouths stopped by a humble conviction those that are condemned have their mouths stopped too, for they shall at last be convinced (Jude 1:15), and sent speechless to hell, Matthew 22:12. All iniquity shall stop her mouth, Psalm 107:42.

2. He extends it in general to all the world: That all the world may become guilty before God. If the world likes in wickedness (1 John 5:19), to be sure it is guilty.--May become guilty that is, may be proved guilty, liable to punishment, all by nature children of wrath, Ephesians 2:3. They must all plead guilty those that stand most upon their own justification will certainly be cast. Guilty before God is a dreadful word, before an all-seeing God, that is not, nor can be, deceived in his judgment--before a just and righteous judge, who will by no means clear the guilty. All are guilty, and therefore all have need of a righteousness wherein to appear before God. For all have sinned (Romans 3:23) all are sinners by nature, by practice, and have come short of the glory of God--have failed of that which is the chief end of man. Come short, as the archer comes short of the mark, as the runner comes short of the prize so come short, as not only not to win, but to be great losers. Come short of the glory of God. (1.) Come short of glorifying God. See Romans 1:21, They glorified him not as God. Man was placed at the head of the visible creation, actively to glorify that great Creator whom the inferior creatures

Matthew Henry does not support your view.

Henry doesn't say the whole world is under the Law. He says the whole world is guilty before God. I agree with him.
 
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Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament


Rom 3:19
May be brought under the judgement of God (υποδικος γενηται τωι τεωι — hupodikos genētai tōi theōi). “That all the world (Jew as well as Gentile) may become (γενηται — genētai) answerable (υποδικος — hupodikos old forensic word, here only in N.T.) to God (dative case τωι τεωι — tōi theōi).” Every one is “liable to God,” in God‘s court.


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Rom 3:23

Verse 23

Sinned (ηρμαρτον — hērmarton). Constative second aorist active indicative of αμαρτανω — hamartanō as in Romans 5:12. This tense gathers up the whole race into one statement (a timeless aorist).

And fall short (και υστερουνται — kai husterountai). Present middle indicative of υστερεω — hustereō to be υστερος — husteros (comparative) too late, continued action, still fall short. It is followed by the ablative case as here, the case of separation.

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Verse 31

Nay, we establish the law (αλλα νομον ιστανομεν — alla nomon histanomen). Present indicative active of late verb ιστανω — histanō from ιστημι — histēmi This Paul hinted at in Romans 3:21. How he will show in chapter 4 how Abraham himself is an example of faith and in his life illustrates the very point just made. Besides, apart from Christ and the help of the Holy Spirit no one can keep God‘s law. The Mosaic law is only workable by faith in Christ.


Nor does Robertson.
 
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Shame you have to resort to insults rather than debating scripture.

It is really not an insult. I read your post and there was just so much wrong with it, that was my response.
 
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This and related threads have a disheartening undercurrent: the psychology of denial coupled with behaviour that really cashes out to lying.

Example: One poster repeatedly declares that 1 John 3:4 defines sin as transgression of "the Law". Well, some translations do offer that. But a literal translation does not - in the original Greek, the reading is "sin is lawlessness".

This, of course, does not sit at all well with someone with an agenda that all people are under the Law of Moses. From this person's perspective, if sin is defined as transgressing the Law of Moses, then all people must be subject to that Law since all are sinners.

The literal meaning has been repeatedly pointed out - sin is lawlessness with no particular reference to the Law of Moses. Yet the misrepresentation continues. And misrepresentation it indeed is since if you know the meaning of a text in the original language and continue to flout a translation that distorts the meaning, then you are effectively bearing false witness.

Which, ironically, violates the Law of Moses.
 
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