1. Brothers, the desire of my heart and my prayer to God on behalf of them is for their salvation.
2. For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
3. For ignoring the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
4. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
5. For Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: “The person who does this will live by it.”
6. But the righteousness from faith speaks like this: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down),
7. or “Who will descend into the abyss?” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).