Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a righteousness that you could not obtain under the law of Moses — the dichotomy between faith-righteousness and law-righteousness echoes Pauline theology throughout Romans and Galatians. Set free (dikaiōō, to justify, to acquit) indicates judicial vindication before God, impossible under the law because the law diagnoses sin without providing remedy. The comprehensive phrase every sin and everyone who believes extends justification beyond Jewish boundaries.

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