1 Brothers and sisters, with all my heart I long for the people of Israel to be saved. I pray to God for them.
2 I can give witness about them that they really want to serve God. But how they are trying to do it is not based on what they know.
3 They didn't know how God makes people right with himself. They tried to get right with God in their own way. They didn't do it in God's way.
4 Christ has completed the law. So now everyone who believes can be right with God.
5 Moses explained how the law could help a person do what God requires. He said, "The one who does those things will live by them." (Leviticus 18:5)