[Verse 1]
The law was given by the Lord,
A pedagogue to bear,
Until the Lord Himself came down,
And freed us from its care.

[Chorus]
Christ is the rule, the law has gone,
The schoolmaster is done,
The standard of the saint today
Is Jesus Christ alone.

[Verse 2]
We died to law when Christ was killed,
We rose to Him alone,
The constable that ruled our flesh
No longer holds his own.

[Chorus]
Christ is the rule, the law has gone,
The schoolmaster is done,
The standard of the saint today
Is Jesus Christ alone.

[Verse 3]
The love of Christ constrains us now,
That's all the rule we need,
We do not live by stone-cut codes,
But by the Spirit's seed.

[Chorus]
Christ is the rule, the law has gone,
The schoolmaster is done,
The standard of the saint today
Is Jesus Christ alone.

[Verse 4]
So if a man would lay the law
Upon a Christian's brow,
Tell him the schoolmaster has gone,
And Christ has bought us now.

[Chorus]
Christ is the rule, the law has gone,
The schoolmaster is done,
The standard of the saint today
Is Jesus Christ alone.