ACC ~ Romans 10 v5

SHALL LIVE BY IT IN THIS LIFE. ORIGEN: Moses did not say that the man who practices the righteousness of the law will live forever but only that he will live by it in this life. For Christ is the end of the law, as the apostle says, and without Christ it is impossible to fulfill the righteousness of the law. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

JEROME: Scripture says not that he will find life through the law, in the sense that through it he will live in heaven but that he will find life through it to the extent that what he will reap what he deserves in this world. SERMONS ON THE GOSPEL OF MARK 76.

THE ONE WHO PRACTICES THE LAW’S RIGHTEOUSNESS. AMBROSIASTER: Paul says this because the righteousness of the law of Moses did not make people guilty as long as they kept it. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

DIODORE: Paul says that the man who fulfilled the law would enjoy the good things promised by it, that is to say, “a land flowing with milk and honey.”PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

CHRYSOSTOM: In fact this has proved to be impossible, and therefore the law’s righteousness has failed those who tried to keep it. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 17.

NO ONE KEEPS THE LAW PERFECTLY WITHOUT CHRIST. PELAGIUS: Moses distinguished between two kinds of righteousness, the righteousness of faith and the righteousness of works. The latter justifies the suppliant by deeds, but the former justifies by belief alone. … In this age no one keeps the law perfectly without Christ. Believing in him is also implied in the law. On account of this passage some think that the Jews have earned only this present life by the works of the law, but the words of the Lord show that this is not true. When he was asked about eternal life the Lord stipulated the commandments of the law: “If you would enter life, keep the commandments.” From this we understand that one who kept the law at that time had everlasting life.PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

ALL COMMANDMENTS REQUIRED. GENNADIUS OF CONSTANTINOPLE: Comparing the law with the glory of grace, Paul says that even Moses could not have been justified by the law unless he fulfilled all the commandments of the law. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

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