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# Connecting Statement:
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Paul continues to let the reader know that perfect obedience to God's law is required even for those who never had God's law.
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# it is not the hearers of the law
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Here "the law" refers to the law of Moses. Alternate translation: "it is not those who only hear the law of Moses" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# who are righteous before God
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"whom God considers righteous"
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# but it is the doers of the law
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"but it is those who obey the law of Moses"
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# who will be justified
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You can translate this in an active form. Alternate translation: "whom God will accept" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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