21 Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then jrighteousness would indeed be by the law.
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but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law.
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For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
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as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
Philippians 3:9
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—
Hebrews 7:11
Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron?
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