Romans 10:6

"For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, “The one who does them will live by them.”"

Key Reflection

In first-century Palestine, the Jewish people were deeply steeped in the Law of Moses, seeing it as a means to righteousness and eternal life. When Romans 10:6 references this idea, Paul is drawing from an Old Testament passage where the concept that adherence to the law brings life is explicitly stated. For the original audience, such a statement would have been rooted in their understanding of Deuteronomy 30:15-20, reinforcing the notion that obeying God's commandments is essential for both temporal and eternal well-being.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 6. But the righteousness which is of faith. It is observable here that Paul does not affirm that Moses describes anywhere the righteousness by faith, or the effect of the scheme of justification by faith. His object was different, to give the law and state its demands and rewards. Yet though he had not formally described the plan of justification by faith, yet he had used language which would fitly express that plan. The scheme of justification by faith is here personified as if it were living, and describing its own effects and nature. One describing it would say, Or the plan itself speaks in this manner. The words here quoted are taken from De 30:11-14.

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