Therefore if the uncircumcised man obeys ¹  the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us ¹  not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules: ² 

They ¹  were both righteous in the sight of God, following ²  all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly. ³ 

Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

All this will come to pass ¹  because Abraham obeyed me ²  and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.” ³ 

You must love the Lord your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments ¹  at all times.

Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

“The Lord who rules over all says, ‘If you live ¹  and work according to my requirements, you will be able to preside over my temple ²  and attend to my courtyards, and I will allow you to come and go among these others who are standing by you.

Now what is sought in stewards is that one be found faithful.

David ¹  left Asaph and his colleagues there before the ark of the Lord’s covenant to serve before the ark regularly and fulfill each day’s requirements, ² 

You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped ¹  by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord who rules over all? ² 

They ¹  show that the work of the law is written ²  in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend ³  them, ⁴ 

But from those who were influential ¹  (whatever they were makes no difference to me; God shows no favoritism between people ² ) – those influential leaders ³  added ⁴  nothing to my message. ⁵ 

So these things must be a statutory ordinance ¹  for you throughout your generations, in all the places where you live.

Each day Solomon’s royal court consumed ¹  thirty cors ²  of finely milled flour, sixty cors of cereal,

Like obedient children, do not comply with ¹  the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance, ² 

Keep his ¹  commandments very carefully, ²  as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe.

He was given daily provisions by the king of Babylon for the rest of his life until the day he died.

They will enter my sanctuary, and approach my table to minister to me; they will keep my charge.

So these men concluded, ¹  “We won’t find any pretext against this man Daniel unless it is ²  in connection with the law of his God.”