The True Antinomian

Galatians 3:

11  Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for "The righteous shall live by faith."

12  But the law is not of faith, rather "The one who does them shall live by them."

13  Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree"—

14  so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.

Romans 3:

20  For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

21  But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—

22a  the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe………

1Cor 15:

56  The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

57  But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 7:

7  What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, "You shall not covet."

8  But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin lies dead.

Romans 10:

4  For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

5  For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.

Romans 5:

20  Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

21  so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The true antinomian (one who is “against the law”) denies the purpose of the Law.

Therefore the true antinomians are the the judaizers, the legalists, the neo-pharisees. The ones preaching that the law must be upheld by anything other than Christ’s death on behalf of the elect.

Acts 15:

7  And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.

8  And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,

9  and he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith.

10  Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

11  But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will."

Romans 3:

27  Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.

28  For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

29  Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

since God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

31  Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.