To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.

人当以训诲和法度为标准；他们所说的，若不与此相符，必不得见晨光。

当以教诲和律法书为准；人所说的若不与此相符，必没有黎明。

当以教诲和律法书为准；人所说的若不与此相符，必没有黎明。

人应该遵循耶和华的训诲和法度。人若不遵循祂的话，必看不到曙光。

他们应当求问神的训诲和法度；他们若不照着这些准则说话，就见不到曙光。

当求问神的训诲和诫命！如果他们不按照这准则说话，他们就没有曙光。

人當以訓誨和法度為標準；他們所說的，若不與此相符，必不得見晨光。

當以教誨和律法書為準；人所說的若不與此相符，必沒有黎明。

當以教誨和律法書為準；人所說的若不與此相符，必沒有黎明。

人應該遵循耶和華的訓誨和法度。人若不遵循祂的話，必看不到曙光。

他們應當求問神的訓誨和法度；他們若不照著這些準則說話，就見不到曙光。

不，人應當以上帝所指教的和神言人所警告的為根據；他們若不按這標準說話，就得不到曙光。

當求問神的訓誨和誡命！如果他們不按照這準則說話，他們就沒有曙光。

宜循法律與證詞、若不依此而言、則不見晨光、

當察作證之言、必稽出命之書、否則不睹旭日之光。

人當求法言及證詞、若不循此而言、則不得見晨光、

Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

Follow what the Lord taught you and said to you through me. People who don’t speak in keeping with these words will have no hope in the morning.

To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.

Look to God’s instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.

Go to God’s instruction and testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.

To the Law and to the testimony! If they do not speak in accordance with this word, it is because they have no dawn.

To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word,[ it is] because[ there is] no light in them.

Then you must recall the LORD’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.

Turn to the law and to the covenant! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

So we have the prophetic word strongly confirmed. You will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dismal place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the future, forever and ever.They are a rebellious people, deceptive children, children who do not want to obey the Lord’s instruction.They say to the seers,“ Do not see,” and to the prophets,“ Do not prophesy the truth to us. Tell us flattering things. Prophesy illusions.Get out of the way! Leave the pathway. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel.”

Bind up the testimony. Seal up the instruction among my disciples.

The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and snared. They have rejected the word of the Lord, so what wisdom do they really have?

But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall.

Therefore, it will be night for you— without visions; it will grow dark for you— without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.

For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.But if you don’t believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

You pore over the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them, yet they testify about Me.

and you know that from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness,so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light within you is darkness— how deep is that darkness!

Let us strive to know the Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the land.

The revelation of Your words brings light and gives understanding to the inexperienced.

The instruction of the Lord is perfect, renewing one’s life; the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy, making the inexperienced wise.The precepts of the Lord are right, making the heart glad; the command of the Lord is radiant, making the eyes light up.

Now the Scripture saw in advance that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and told the good news ahead of time to Abraham, saying, All the nations will be blessed through you.So those who have faith are blessed with Abraham, who had faith.For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written: Everyone who does not continue doing everything written in the book of the law is cursed.Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous will live by faith.But the law is not based on faith; instead, the one who does these things will live by them.Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, because it is written: Everyone who is hung on a tree is cursed.The purpose was that the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles by Christ Jesus, so that we could receive the promised Spirit through faith.Brothers, I’m using a human illustration. No one sets aside or makes additions to even a human covenant that has been ratified.Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say“ and to seeds,” as though referring to many, but referring to one, and to your seed, who is Christ.And I say this: The law, which came 430 years later, does not revoke a covenant that was previously ratified by God and cancel the promise.For if the inheritance is from the law, it is no longer from the promise; but God granted it to Abraham through the promise.Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise was made would come. The law was put into effect through angels by means of a mediator.Now a mediator is not for just one person, but God is one.Is the law therefore contrary to God’s promises? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly be by the law.But the Scripture has imprisoned everything under sin’s power, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.Before this faith came, we were confined under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith was revealed.The law, then, was our guardian until Christ, so that we could be justified by faith.But since that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,for you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ like a garment.There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to the promise.

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

They worship Me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commands of men.Disregarding the command of God, you keep the tradition of men.”He also said to them,“ You completely invalidate God’s command in order to maintain your tradition!

Jesus answered them,“ You are deceived, because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God.

Claiming to be wise, they became fools

The people here were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, since they welcomed the message with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

“ But Abraham said,‘ They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.’“‘ No, father Abraham,’ he said.‘ But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’“ But he told him,‘ If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’”

Tell me, those of you who want to be under the law, don’t you hear the law?For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and the other by a free woman.

The person who lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from his past sins.

“ What is written in the law?” He asked him.“ How do you read it?”