I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’

Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

Because they disregarded the righteousness from God and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to God’s righteousness.

For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written: Everyone who does not continue doing everything written in the book of the law is cursed.