Christ Came to Fulfill the Law

17 (A)“Do not think that I have come to abolish (B)the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but (C)to fulfill them.

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17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

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For (A)Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 10:4 Or end of the law, that everyone who believes may be justified

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

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17 (A)These are a shadow of the things to come, but (B)the substance belongs to Christ.

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17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

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(which is symbolic for the present age).[a] According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered (A)that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper, 10 but deal only with (B)food and drink and (C)various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:9 Or which is symbolic for the age then present

Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

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