3 They don’t submit to God’s righteousness because they don’t understand his righteousness, and they try to establish their own righteousness.
4 Christ is the goal of the Law, which leads to righteousness for all who have faith in God.
5 Moses writes about the righteousness that comes from the Law: The person who does these things will live by them.
6 But the righteousness that comes from faith talks like this: Don’t say in your heart, "Who will go up into heaven?" (that is, to bring Christ down)
7 or "Who will go down into the region below?" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).
8 But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart (that is, the message of faith that we preach).
9 Because if you confess with your mouth "Jesus is Lord" and in your heart you have faith that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.