“Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.”
Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. — Paul's clarification: the law is not anti-divine but rather limited; if law could 'vivify' (zōopoieō — give life/create life), it would achieve dikaiosynē, but it cannot, so it serves a subsidiary function.
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