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# the righteousness that comes from the law
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Paul speaks of "righteousness" as if it were alive and able to move. AT: "how the law makes a person right before God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# The man who does the righteousness of the law will live by this righteousness
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In order to be made right with God through the law, a person would have to keep the law perfectly, which is not possible. AT: "The person who perfectly obeys the law will live because the law will make him right before God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# will live
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The words "will live" can refer to 1) eternal life or 2) mortal life in fellowship with God.
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