Isa 8:16, Luk 10:26, 16:29-31, Joh 5:39, 46-47, Act 17:11, Gal 3:8-29 | ESV | STEP | Bind up the testimony ; seal the teaching among my disciples .

29 But Abraham said, ‘They have ^dMoses and the Prophets; ^elet them hear them.’ 30 And he said, ‘No, ^ffather Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ 31 He said to him, ‘If they do not hear ^gMoses and the Prophets, ^hneither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”

John 5:39

39 ⁱYou search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and ^jit is they that bear witness about me,

John 5:46-47

46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for ^khe wrote of me. 47 But ^lif you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”

Acts 17:11

11 Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, ^mexamining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Galatians 3:8-29

8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that ⁿGod would justify ^{▼▼Or count righteous; also verses 11, 24} the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, ^p“In you shall all the nations be blessed.” 9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

10 For all who rely on works of the law are ^qunder a curse; for it is written, ^r“Cursed be everyone who does not ^sabide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” 11 Now it is evident that ^tno one is justified before God by the law, for ^u“The righteous shall live by faith.” ^{▼▼Or The one who by faith is righteous will live} 12 But the law is not of faith, rather ^w“The one who does them shall live by them.” 13 Christ ^xredeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, ^y“Cursed is everyone who is hanged ^zon a tree”— 14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might ^aacome to the Gentiles, so that ^abwe might receive ^acthe promised Spirit ^{▼▼Greek receive the promise of the Spirit} through faith.

The Law and the Promise

15 ^aeTo give a human example, brothers: ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} ^ageven with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified. 16 Now ^ahthe promises were made ^aito Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, ^aj“And to your offspring,” who is Christ. 17 This is what I mean: the law, which came ^ak430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as ^alto make the promise void. 18 For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but ^amGod gave it to Abraham by a promise.

19 Why then the law? ^anIt was added because of transgressions, ^aountil the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was ^apput in place through angels ^aqby an intermediary. 20 Now ^aran intermediary implies more than one, but ^asGod is one.

21 Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For ^atif a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. 22 But the Scripture ^auimprisoned everything under sin, so that ^avthe promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given ^awto those who believe.

23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, ^aximprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24 So then, ^aythe law was our ^azguardian until Christ came, ^bain order that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, 26 for in Christ Jesus ^bbyou are all sons of God, through faith. 27 For as many of you as ^bcwere baptized ^bdinto Christ have ^beput on Christ. 28 ^bfThere is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave ^{▼▼Greek bondservant} nor free, ^bhthere is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And ^biif you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, ^bjheirs according to promise.