Dictionary of Bible Themes A form of spiritual anarchy, which rejects the law as having any place in the Christian life, whether as instructor or as assessor. Paul's teaching that Christians are free from the law is sometimes misunderstood as antinomian. But Paul reveres God's law, and teaches believers, who are free from the law as a system of salvation, to keep it out of gratitude for salvation freely given, and because holiness as defined by the law is the Christian calling. Jeremiah 2:20Antinomianism as a rejection of God's laws See also Proverbs 29:18Jeremiah 5:5 Hosea 8:12 2 Peter 2:10 Ezekiel 20:13 Various people described as antinomian See also Israel described as antinomian Exodus 32:25Jeremiah 2:23-25 Hosea 8:1 Zechariah 7:11-12 Jude 1:4 See also The ungodly described as antinomian 2 Timothy 3:1-52 Peter 2:13-15 Jude 1:8 2 Thessalonians 2:3-10 See also The antichrist described as antinomian Daniel 7:25; 8:9-12,23-25The object of these prophecies, Antiochus Epiphanes, foreshadowed the antichrist in his behaviour. Matthew 11:19Jesus Christ and his followers accused of antinomianism See also Matthew 12:2John 9:16 Acts 6:11-14 Matthew 5:17-19 Jesus Christ came to fulfil the law, not abolish it Romans 6:1-2Paul rejects antinomianism See also Romans 3:31; 7:7Acts 21:28 Misunderstandings, by opponents and converts alike, about Paul's teaching on freedom from the law See also Paul accused of antinomianism Romans 3:8; 6:151 Corinthians 10:23 Paul corrects the Corinthians' interpretation of his teaching as a licence for antinomianism See also 1 Corinthians 5:1-8; 6:12-13The phrase "Everything is permissible" is probably the Corinthians' misinterpretation of Paul's teaching. Jeremiah 6:19Punishment of antinomians See also Ezra 7:26Amos 2:4-5 Revelation 22:15 See also 5376 law, purpose of5795 bereavement 6169 godlessness 6222 rebellion against God 6663 freedom of will 6667 grace, in OT 8268 holiness, of Jesus Christ 8454 obedience to God 8750 false teachings 8774 legalism 8776 lies 9115 antichrist, the |
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