Contradiction claim
Does God’s law remain in force, or is it abolished?
Matthew 5:17-19 records Jesus saying he came not to destroy the law but to fulfil it, and that not one jot or tittle shall pass from the law. Ephesians 2:15 speaks of the law of commandments contained in ordinances being abolished in his flesh.
Theological tensionReviewedSeverity: highClassification confidence: moderateTranslation dependent
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Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;