...of God' — to suppose this would be to deny the necessity of the death and atonement of Christ, " for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain." The difficulties, he proceeds to shew, do not arise from any unwillingness on the part of Him ' who...

...live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. I do not frustrate the grace of God; for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth ? before whose eyes...

...by your conduct that Christ has died in vain. As to myself, (he says,) " I do not frustrate the 22 grace of God : for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain." (Gal. ii. 21.) Here your former guides will say, This does not apply to us : St. Paul speaks against...

...offended him thereby. However, consider lastly, and above all, this one saying of God's apostle ; " If righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain." And if people may be saved because they do no hurt to their neighbours ; is not this the very same...

...but destroys the power of death, and, as the prophet says, leads captivity captive. So St. Paul, ' If righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.' And again, ' We conclude that a man is justified by faith without the works of the law.' " Now this...

...knowledge of the letter of the law, by reading or by hearing sermons : for, as says the Apostle, ' If righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.' Now, as he is not dead in vain, we must acknowledge that ' when he ascended up on high, he led captivity...

...righteousness, in the following texts, means neither more nor less than justification. Gal. ii. 21 ; " If righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain." Chap. iii. 21 ; "If there had been a law which could have given life, (spiritual life, or a title to...

...live in the flesh,! live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. CHAP. III. Believers justified and bkssed, fcc. О FOOLISH Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that...

...justified by the works of the law, &c. For by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified, &c. If righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.— Gal. ii. 16.21. That no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident; for, The just...

...the flesh, I live by the ' faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. I do 21 ' not frustrate the grace of God : for if righteousness come by the law, ' then Christ is dead in vain.' FAITH proved O FOOLISH Galatians ! who hath bewitched you, 3 t0of j'usl'iflcanon""1 that >"e should...