ESV Reformation Study Bible – Rom 10:5
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Rom 10:5

10:5 the righteousness that is based on the law. Paul’s quotation from Lev. 18:5 is set originally in the context of God’s redemptive grace requiring a person’s responsive obedience (Lev. 18:2; cf. Ex. 20:1–17); it is not a statement about self-established righteousness.