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“law” · 194 times in the New Testament

Through the Bible

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  • “law” 177
  • “it” 3
  • “lawbreaker” 2
  • “principle” 2
  • “laws” 2
  • other ways 8
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Matthew8
Luke9
John15
Acts17
Romans74
1 Corinthians9
Galatians32
Ephesians1
Philippians3
1 Timothy2
Hebrews14
James10

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. law177
  2. it3
  3. lawbreaker2
  4. laws2
  5. principle2
  6. law at work1
  7. law given1
  8. law is1
  9. law requires1
  10. law says1
  11. law was given1
  12. serve the law1
  13. 1 other ways1

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“law” 177
  • Matthew 8

    • 5:17 …come to abolish the Law or the Prophets I…
    • 5:18 …will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished…
    • 7:12 …the essence of the Law and the Prophets…
    • 11:13 …the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John…
    • 12:5 …you read in the Law that on the Sabbath…
    • 22:36 …the greatest in the Law
    • 22:40 …All the Law and the Prophets hang…
    • 23:23 …weightier matters of the law justice mercy and faithfulness…
  • Luke 9

    • 2:22 …purification according to the Law of Moses was complete…
    • 2:23 …it is written in the Law of the Lord Every…
    • 2:24 …sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord A…
    • 2:27 …was customary under the Law
    • 2:39 …everything required by the Law of the Lord they…
    • 10:26 …is written in the Law Jesus replied How do…
    • 16:16 …The Law and the Prophets were…
    • 16:17 …drop out of the Law
    • 24:44 …about Me in the Law of Moses the Prophets…
  • John 14

    • 1:17 …For the law was given through Moses…
    • 1:45 …wrote about in the Law the One the prophets…
    • 7:19 …Moses given you the law Yet not one of…
    • 7:23 …Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not…
    • 7:49 …does not know the law they are under a…
    • 7:51 …Does our law convict a man without…
    • 8:5 …In the Law commanded us such a…
    • 8:17 …Even in your own Law it is written that…
    • 10:34 …not written in your Law I have said you…
    • 12:34 …have heard from the Law that the Christ will…
    • 15:25 …is written in their Law They hated Me without…
    • 18:31 …Him by your own law Pilate told them We…
    • 19:7 …We have a law answered the Jews and…
    • 19:7 …and according to that law He must die because…
  • Acts 17

    • 6:13 …place and against the law
    • 7:53 …you who received the law ordained by angels yet…
    • 13:15 …the reading from the Law and the Prophets the…
    • 13:39 …not be justified by the law of Moses…
    • 15:5 …required to obey the law of Moses…
    • 18:13 …ways contrary to the law they said…
    • 18:15 …names and your own law settle it yourselves I…
    • 21:20 …are zealous for the law
    • 21:24 …in obedience to the law
    • 21:28 …people and against our law and against this place…
    • 22:3 …strict conformity to the law of our fathers I…
    • 22:12 …devout observer of the law who was highly regarded…
    • 23:3 …me according to the law yet you yourself violate…
    • 23:29 …questions about their own law but there was no…
    • 24:14 …laid down by the Law and written in the…
    • 25:8 …no offense against the law of the Jews or…
    • 28:23 …about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the…
  • Romans 32

    • 2:12 …all who sin under the law will be judged by…
    • 2:12 …will be judged by the law
    • 2:13 …is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before…
    • 2:13 …it is the doers of the law who will be declared…
    • 2:14 …who do not have the law do by nature what…
    • 2:14 …they do not have the law
    • 2:14 …law requires they are a law to themselves even though…
    • 2:15 …the work of the law is written on their…
    • 2:17 …if you rely on the law and boast in God…
    • 2:18 …are instructed by the law
    • 2:20 …you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge…
    • 2:23 …You who boast in the law do you dishonor God…
    • 2:23 …God by breaking the law
    • 2:25 …value if you observe the law but if you break…
    • 2:25 …but if you break the law your circumcision has become…
    • 2:26 …the requirements of the law will not his uncircumcision…
    • 2:27 …uncircumcised yet keeps the law will condemn you who…
    • 3:19 …know that whatever the law says it says to…
    • 3:19 …who are under the law so that every mouth…
    • 3:20 …His sight by works of the law For the law merely…
    • 3:20 …of the law For the law merely brings awareness of…
    • 3:21 …But now apart from the law the righteousness of God…
    • 3:21 …as attested by the Law and the Prophets…
    • 3:28 …faith apart from works of the law
    • 3:31 …Do we then nullify the law by this faith Certainly…
    • 3:31 …not Instead we uphold the law
    • 4:13 …was not given through the law but through the righteousness…
    • 4:14 …those who live by the law are heirs faith is…
    • 4:15 …because the law brings wrath And where…
    • 4:15 …where there is no law there is no transgression…
    • 4:16 …who are of the law but also to those…
    • 5:13 …when there is no law

And 97 more, on the full page.

“it” 3
  • John 1

    • 7:19 …one of you keeps it Why are you trying…
  • Romans 1

    • 9:31 …righteousness has not attained it
  • James 1

    • 4:11 …the law and judges it And if you judge…
“lawbreaker” 2
  • Romans 1

    • 2:27 …written code and circumcision are a lawbreaker
  • James 1

    • 2:11 …murder you have become a lawbreaker
“principle” 2
  • Romans 2

    • 3:27 …is excluded On what principle On that of works…
    • 7:21 …So this is the principle I have discovered When…
“laws” 2
  • Hebrews 2

    • 8:10 …I will put My laws in their minds and…
    • 10:16 …I will put My laws in their hearts and…
“law requires” 1
  • Romans 1

    • 2:14 …by nature what the law requires they are a law…
“that” 1
  • Romans 1

    • 3:27 …works No but on that of faith…
“law was given” 1
  • Romans 1

    • 5:13 …in the world before the law was given but sin is not…
“law is” 1
  • Romans 1

    • 7:12 …So then the law is holy and the commandment…
“law at work” 1
  • Romans 1

    • 7:23 …But I see another law at work in my body warring…
“serve the law” 1
  • Romans 1

    • 7:25 …but with my flesh I serve the law of sin…
“law given” 1
  • Galatians 1

    • 3:19 …Why then was the law given It was added because…
“law says” 1
  • Galatians 1

    • 4:21 …not understand what the law says

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.