Romans 10:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 I testify with regard to them that they have zeal for God, but it is not discerning.(A) 3 For, in their unawareness of the righteousness that comes from God and their attempt to establish their own [righteousness], they did not submit to the righteousness of God.(B) 4 For Christ is the end[a] of the law for the justification of everyone who has faith.(C)
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- 10:4 The Mosaic legislation has been superseded by God’s action in Jesus Christ. Others understand end here in the sense that Christ is the goal of the law, i.e., the true meaning of the Mosaic law, which cannot be correctly understood apart from him. Still others believe that both meanings are intended.
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