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What does the Bible teach about the relationship between law and grace?

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The Bible teaches that salvation comes through grace apart from the law, and attempting to attain righteousness through the law leads to spiritual futility.

In Galatians 3:3, Paul questions why the Galatians, who began their spiritual journey by grace, would seek perfection through the law. He highlights that the law's demands can only condemn, saying that anyone who fails to obey it perfectly incurs a curse (Galatians 3:10). This reflects an essential truth that righteousness cannot come from the law; if it could, then Christ's sacrificial death would be in vain (Galatians 2:21). Therefore, the relationship between law and grace is that grace is the means by which we obtain salvation, while the law serves to demonstrate our need for that grace, making clear that only through Christ can we be justified and find true fulfillment of the law.
Scripture References: Galatians 3:3, Galatians 3:10, Galatians 2:21

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