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Romans 10:4-6
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Romans 10:4-6
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
4 For[a] Christ is the end[b] of the Law for[c] righteousness for everyone believing.
The Law Requires Performance; True Righteousness Comes By Faith In Christ
5 For Moses writes [in Lev 18:5] as to the righteousness of the Law that “The person having done them will live by them”. 6 But the righteousness of faith speaks[d] as follows: “Do not say in your heart, “Who will go up into heaven?”, that is, to bring[e] Christ down,
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- Romans 10:4 This sentence summarizes the heart of their ignorance, the relationship between Christ, Law, righteousness, faith, and works.
- Romans 10:4 Or, fulfillment, completion, termination, goal.
- Romans 10:4 Paul may mean ‘for purposes of righteousness’; or, ‘so that there may be righteousness’.
- Romans 10:6 In what follows, Paul uses phrases from Deut 30:11-14 to help describe God’s saving process, explaining his current application of each.
- Romans 10:6 The righteousness by faith does not ask who will bring the Messiah down from heaven, because He has already come.
Romans 10:4-6
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Romans 10:4-6
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4 Christ is the culmination of the law(A) so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.(B)
5 Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”[a](C) 6 But the righteousness that is by faith(D) says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’”[b](E) (that is, to bring Christ down)
Footnotes
- Romans 10:5 Lev. 18:5
- Romans 10:6 Deut. 30:12
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