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-# Connecting Statement:
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-Paul confirms that even in the past believers were made right with God by faith and not by the law.
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 # law but through the righteousness of faith
 
-The words "the promise came" are understood from the first phrase. You can translate this by adding these implied words. Alternate translation: "law, but the promise came through faith, which God considers as righteousness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis]])
+"law, but the promise came through faith, which God considers as righteousness"