Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law.
For I say that Christ hath been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises {\i given} unto the fathers,
God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written,\par\tab {\b That thou mightest be justified in thy words,\par\tab And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.}