Galatians 2:16 "Justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of [the] law: for by the works of [the] law shall no fle

Galatians 2:16 "Justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of [the] law: for by the works of [the] law shall no flesh be justified."

Romans 6:14 "You are not under [the] law, but under grace."

Two possibilities:

These passages were written to remind Christians that they are no longer under the Law of Moses, because of Christ.
These passages were written to remind Christians that they do not have to follow any laws at all, because of Christ.

The answer is given dramatically in these two passages:

Matthew 7:23 "[Jesus] will say to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you who work iniquity/lawlessness.’"

The Greek word the Bible uses for "iniquity" in this passage is anomia (anomia). "Anomia" is composed of two word elements: a(a) + nomoV(nomos). The "a-" prefix is the same prefix we encounter in words such as "atheist," where "theos" means "God," and "atheist" means someone rejecting or opposed to the idea of God. The Greek word "nomos" means "law." Anomia is an attitude of rejecting law. People who teach that we are not under law are knowingly or unknowingly advocating anomia.

I Corinthians 9:20-21 "To those under the law, I became as one under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; to those that are without law, as without law, (not being without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law."

Paul made it quite clear that he was living under a law, and that law was not the Law of Moses. He never advocated or justified lawlessness. He never preached that the Gospel did not have laws. He certainly never taught that a person trying to follow the Law of Christ condemned himself, although he did teach this about the Law of Moses in such passages as Galatians 5:4.

Anomia (lawlessness) will keep us out of heaven. Please don’t practice it.