Mat 5:18 | HCSB | STEP | For I assure you : Until heaven and earth pass away , not the smallest letter or one stroke of a letter will pass from the law until all things are accomplished .

Matthew 5:18

18 For ^{▼▼I assure you: This is a phrase used only by Jesus to testify to the certainty and importance of His words; in Mt, Mk and Lk it is literally Amen, I say to you, and in Jn it is literally Amen, amen, I say to you.}I assure you: Until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter ^{▼▼Or not one iota; iota is the smallest letter of the Gk alphabet.} or one stroke of a letter will pass from the law until all things are accomplished.