“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.”
Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. — The τέλος (telos, "end/goal") of the νόμος (nomos, "law") is Christ; he is its culmination and completion. The law's trajectory points to Christ, who grants δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosynē, "righteousness") to all believers (τῷ πιστεύοντι, tō pisteuonti, "the one who believes"). Righteousness is now faith-based, not works-based.
Church Fathers on Romans 10:4
“For Christ is the end of the Law for righteousness to every one that believes.” See the judgment of Paul. For as he had spoken of a righteousness, and a righteousness, lest they of the Jews which believed should seem to have the one but be excluded from the other, and to be accused of lawlessness (for even these there was no less cause to fear about as being still newly come in), and lest Jews should again expect to achieve it, and should say, Though we have not at present…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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