02 - Believers Under the Law of Christ

Some new-covenant theologians, dissenting from mainstream new-covenant theology, teach that believers are not under the law of Christ. In tandem with this, they also say that the Scriptures are not an integral part of Christ’s law. These two points are inextricably linked. In this article, I seek to prove that these men are wrong, that their case depends on faulty exegesis of certain key texts of Scripture. Indeed, on some of these texts, they adopt, or at least favour, a translation not found in any modern major version of the Bible. Finally, I argue that the consequences of this faulty exegesis are severe