I do not misapply God's grace, for if righteousness comes about by doing what the Law requires, then the Messiah died for nothing.

This happened in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the gentiles through the Messiah Jesus, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.

For if the inheritance comes about through the Law, it no longer comes about through the promise. But it was through a promise that God so graciously gave it to Abraham.

So is the Law in conflict with the promises of God? Of course not! For if a law had been given that could give us life, then certainly righteousness would come through the Law.

But now that faith has come about, we are no longer under a guardian.

But when the appropriate time had come, God sent his Son, born by a woman, born under the Law,

Such influence does not come from the one who calls you.