Gal 3:21, 1Jo 3:2-3, Rev 21:24-27, 22:3-4, 11-15 | ESV | STEP | Is the law then contrary to the promises of God ? Certainly not ! For if a law had been given that could give life , then righteousness would indeed be by the law .

21 Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For ^aif a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.

1 John 3:2-3

2 Beloved, we are ^bGod’s children ^cnow, and what we will be ^dhas not yet appeared; but we know that ^ewhen he appears ^{▼▼Or when it appears} ^gwe shall be like him, because ^hwe shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who ⁱthus hopes in him ^jpurifies himself as he is pure.

Revelation of John 21:24-27

24 By its light ^kwill the nations walk, and the kings of the earth ^lwill bring their glory into it, 25 and ^mits gates will never be shut by day—and ⁿthere will be no night there. 26 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27 But ^onothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s ^pbook of life.

Revelation of John 22:3-4

3 ^qNo longer will there be anything accursed, but ^rthe throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and ^shis servants ^{▼▼Greek bondservants; also verse 6} will worship him. 4 ^uThey will see his face, and ^vhis name will be on their foreheads.

Revelation of John 22:11-15

11 ^wLet the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.”

12 “Behold, ^xI am coming soon, ^ybringing my recompense with me, ^zto repay each one for what he has done. 13 ^aaI am the Alpha and the Omega, ^abthe first and the last, ^acthe beginning and the end.”

14 Blessed are those who ^adwash their robes, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts do his commandments} so that they may have the right to ^afthe tree of life and that ^agthey may enter the city by the gates. 15 ^ahOutside are ^aithe dogs ^ajand sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.