Law

Used in multiple ways in the Bible: (1) specifically the Ten Commandments; (2) the entire body of Mosaic law (Torah); (3) shorthand for the whole Old Testament. Paul frequently discusses the Law's relationship to grace — the Law shows us our sin but can't fix it. Jesus said He came not to abolish the Law but to fulfill it. In Galatians, 'the Law' is often Paul's shorthand for the old system of religious rule-keeping as a means of justification.