nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.

Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given which was able to impart life, then righteousness would indeed have been based on law.

Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you.

For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.

Now if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people received the Law), what further need was there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be designated according to the order of Aaron?

Christ

But I said, “I have toiled in vain,
I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity;
Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the Lord,
And My reward with My God.”

“How can you say, ‘We are wise,
And the law of the Lord is with us’?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
Has made it into a lie.

by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

General references

You shall not take ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to live in the land before the death of the priest.

For if I rebuild what I have once destroyed, I prove myself to be a transgressor.