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In verses three to five, Paul talks about the Jews. Rather than living by faith in God, the Jews established customs and traditions to try to make themselves acceptable in God’s sight. But human effort, no matter how sincere, can never substitute for the righteousness God offers us by faith. In the four verse, Paul gives Christ the title “the end of the law”. Christ is “the end of the law” in two ways. He fulfills the purpose and goal of the law in that he perfectly fulfilled God’s desires on earth. But he is also the termination of the law because, in comparison to Christ, the law is powerless to save. In order to be saved by the law, a person would have to live a perfect life. Because of Christ’s perfection, we do not have to worry about the obligations and duties of the law. We can live in the assurance of salvation through Christ.

Romans 10:3-5
3 Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. 4 Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
5 Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”[a]