Romans 10:5
For Moses says that the man who does the righteousness which is of the law will get life by it.
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4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who has faith.
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Nehemiah 9:29And gave witness against them so that you might make them come back again to your law: but their hearts were lifted up, and they gave no attention to your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him), and turning their backs on you, made their necks stiff and did not give ear.
Ezekiel 20:13But the children of Israel would not be controlled by me in the waste land: they were not guided by my rules, and they were turned away from my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said that I would let loose my passion on them in the waste land, and put an end to them.
Luke 10:27And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.
Galatians 3:12And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life by them.
Matthew Henry on Romans 10:2-12
Paul's Discourse of Righteousness; The Method of Salvation. ( a. d. 58.) 1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. 2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. 5 For Moses describeth… Read the whole commentary →