@Michael16 Just out of curiosity, what do you think would be the best way to interpret this verse (Gal 3:21)?

@PaulVargas Paul says that NOW righteousness is no longer by law (giving many reasons, proof that Christ ended the law giving superior covenant of grace) therefore law cannot give life anymore. If law could (still) give life, then that would still be acceptable; but evidently it is not so. Bengel Gnomon is perhaps the best commentary; he rightly interpret such sentences but his conclusion is Lutheran to see normative difference between law and grace covenant.

Apparently NPP scholars such as James Dunn too like Lutherans believe that law was never meant to justify. They have to ignore and misinterpret a lot of verses passages to maintain that. Moses writes about righteousness/justification by law. Rom10:5.

@Michael16 Lutheran? What's Martin Luther say about that?

@PaulVargas Luther interpreted inspired from Augustin, that law could never justify. OT saints/Moses/prophets all justified by faith alone. Faith in hope of the messiah. (This implies that God deceived Israel by giving the law, saying this justifies them). Lutheran doctrine sees the law/commandments as a trick in which they should not have fallen.

> For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. (Romans 10:5 KJV)

@Michael16 All right, I'll check it out. :-) I'll ping you if I have any questions. ;-)

@Michael16 By the way, have you seen the commentary of Douglas J. Moo?

@Library ... interesting:

Read more here: "Oldest alphabet identified as Hebrew". FWIW!!