Struggling against the legalism of simple obedience, we end by setting up the most dangerous law of all, the law of the world and the law of grace. In our effort to combat legalism we land ourselves in the worst kind of legalism. The only way of overcoming this legalism is by real obedience to Christ when he calls us to follow him; for in Jesus the law is at once fulfilled and cancelled.


The Cost of Discipleship: (ed. SCM Press, 2015) - ISBN: 9780334053408

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

Struggling against the legalism of simple obedience, we end by setting up the most dangerous law of all, the law of the world and the law of grace....

Struggling against the legalism of simple obedience, we end by setting up the most dangerous law of all, the law of the world and the law of grace....

Struggling against the legalism of simple obedience, we end by setting up the most dangerous law of all, the law of the world and the law of grace....

Struggling against the legalism of simple obedience, we end by setting up the most dangerous law of all, the law of the world and the law of grace....