In doctrinal usage the term antinomianism (anti, "against," and nomos, "law," i.e., "against law") refers to the teaching that Christians are not responsible to obey the moral law of Scripture. Antinomianism is generally based on either (1) the erroneous conclusion that the free grace of God relieves the believer from any moral obligation, or (2) the false assumption that matter is inherently evil and therefore bodily behavior should not be restrained by moral laws (Jude 4; cf. Romans 6:1-2; Galatians 5:13-14; 1 Peter 2:16). It is true that the New Covenant has superseded the Old Covenant (2 Corinthians 3:3-11; Galatians 3:15-4:31; Colossians 2:14; Hebrews 8:1-10:18) and that the NT believer is not under the Mosaic Covenant as a unified system (Romans 6:14; 7:4; Galatians 2:19; 3:13-14; 4:4-7; 5:1, 10, 18; 1 Timothy 1:8-10 (cf. Romans 10:4). However, the Christian is "not...without the law of God but under the law of Christ" (1 Corinthians 9:21; cf. Galatians 6:2). Therefore Christians are responsible to obey Christ's moral commandments (e.g., John 13:34-35; 14:21; Galatians 6:2; 1 John 5:3) and OT revelation as interpreted in light of the NT (cf. Matthew 5:17; 22:37-40; 2 Timothy 3:16-17).

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