For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait expectantly for the hope of righteousness.

Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,

I do not set aside God’s grace, because if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing!

Is the law therefore opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.