but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.
What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,
as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do e
Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, the
“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the
What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by