Obeying the Law

Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.

Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.

Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”

But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.

If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

…gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”