3. For being ignorant of God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit themselves to the righteousness of God.
4. For Messiah is the goal of the Torah as a means to righteousness for everyone who keeps trusting.
5. For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on Torah, “The man who does these things shall live by them.”
6. But the righteousness based on faith speaks in this way: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will go up into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Messiah down),
7. or, ‘Who will go down into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Messiah up from the dead).”