You whoboastin the Law,throughyour breakingthe Law,do you dishonorGod?
"On the seventhdaythe priestshall lookat the infection,and ifthe scalehas not spreadand noyellowishhairhas grownin it, and the appearanceof the scaleis nodeeperthanthe skin,
Her leaderspronouncejudgmentfor a bribe,Her priestsinstructfor a priceAnd her prophetsdivinefor money.Yet they leanon the LORDsaying,"Is not the LORDin our midst?Calamitywill not comeupon us."
"The Phariseestoodand was prayingthisto himself:'God,I thankYou that I amnot likeother people:swindlers,unjust,adulterers,orevenlikethistax collector.
"Do not thinkthat I will accuseyou beforethe Father;the one who accusesyou is Moses,in whomyou have set your hope.
But ifyou bear the name"Jew"and relyupon the Lawand boastin God,
Greatin everyrespect.First of all,that they were entrustedwith the oraclesof God.
Wherethenis boasting?It is excluded.By what kindof law?Of works?No,but by a lawof faith.
whoare Israelites,to whombelongs the adoption as sons,and the gloryand the covenantsand the giving of the Lawand the [temple] serviceand the promises,
