²⁴ The Lord commanded us to follow all these statutes and to fear the Lord our God for our prosperity always and for our preservation, as it is today.

²⁶ “What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?”

²⁷ He answered:

²⁸ “You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”^(D)

¹⁰ and I died. The commandment that was meant for life^(A) resulted in death for me.

⁵ For Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: The one who does these things will live by them.^(A)[a]

¹² But the law is not based on faith; instead, the one who does these things will live by them.^(A)[a]