Fulfill - to carry out or to bring to an end

[chuckd]

When Christ "fulfilled" the law, which definition is most correct?

1. to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
2. to perform or do, as duty; obey or follow, as commands.
3. to satisfy (requirements, obligations, etc.): a book that fulfills a long-felt need.
4. to bring to an end; finish or complete, as a period of time: He felt that life was over when one had fulfilled his threescore years and ten.
5. to develop the full potential of (usually used reflexively): She realized that she could never fulfill herself in such work.

 

[Loopie]

All of the above?

 

[timmopussycat]

When Christ "fulfilled" the law, which definition is most correct?

1. to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
2. to perform or do, as duty; obey or follow, as commands.
3. to satisfy (requirements, obligations, etc.): a book that fulfills a long-felt need.
4. to bring to an end; finish or complete, as a period of time: He felt that life was over when one had fulfilled his threescore years and ten.
5. to develop the full potential of (usually used reflexively): She realized that she could never fulfill herself in such work.

All of them were involved in the predominant sense in which Christ fulfilled the law, which is 4. By instituting the new covenant he superseded the Mosaic covenant of which the law was the terms and the prophets, commentary.

 

[THE W]

one thing he didnt do was destroy the law.

 

[ThyWord IsTruth]

When Christ "fulfilled" the law, which definition is most correct?

All of them in various aspects of the law.

1. to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
As in the the perfect Lamb of God without blemish that takes away the sins of the world.

2. to perform or do, as duty; obey or follow, as commands.
As in perfectly obeying the law in which fallen man can never do.

3. to satisfy (requirements, obligations, etc.): a book that fulfills a long-felt need.
As in satisfying the righteous requirement of an unblemished sacrificial Lamb.

4. to bring to an end; finish or complete, as a period of time: He felt that life was over when one had fulfilled his threescore years and ten.
Not until the culmination of all things.

5. to develop the full potential of (usually used reflexively): She realized that she could never fulfill herself in such work.
As in showing us the deeper meaning of the law as in the sins of the heart. Cleansing the inside of the cup as well as the outside.

See Matthew 5:17-48