yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.

Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you.

For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.

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

Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron?

Christ

But I said, "I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my right is with the LORD, and my recompense 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.

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

General references

And you shall accept no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land before the death of the high priest.

For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor.