Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes/غَايَةَ الشَّرِيعَةِ إِنَّمَا هِيَ المَسِيح، لِكَي يَتَبَرَّرَ بِهِ كُلُّ مُؤْمِن

تلْكَ الأَعْمَالُ نَفْسُهَا الَّتِي أَعْمَلُهَا، تَشْهَدُ أَنَّ الآبَ أَرْسَلَنِي
إنجيل القدّيس يوحنّا05/من31حتى36/:”قالَ الربُّ يَسوعُ (لليهود): «لَوْ كُنْتُ أَنَا أَشْهَدُ لِنَفْسِي لَمَا كَانَتْ شَهَادَتِي مَقْبُولَة. ولكِنَّ آخَرَ يَشْهَدُ لِي، وأَنَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الشَّهَادَةَ الَّتِي يَشْهَدُهَا لِي صَادِقَة. أَنْتُم أَرْسَلْتُم إِلى يُوحَنَّا فَشَهِدَ لِلحَقّ. وأَنَا لا أَسْتَمِدُّ الشَّهَادَةَ مِنْ إِنْسَان، ولكِنْ مِنْ أَجْلِ خَلاصِكُم أَقُولُ هذَا: كَانَ يُوحَنَّا السِّرَاجَ المُوقَدَ السَّاطِع، وأَنْتُم شِئْتُم أَنْ تَبْتَهِجُوا بِنُورِهِ سَاعَة. أَمَّا أَنَا فَلِي شَهَادَةٌ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ شَهَادَةِ يُوحَنَّا: أَلأَعْمَالُ الَّتِي أَعْطَانِي الآبُ أَنْ أُتَمِّمَهَا، تِلْكَ الأَعْمَالُ نَفْسُهَا الَّتِي أَعْمَلُهَا، تَشْهَدُ أَنَّ الآبَ أَرْسَلَنِي.”

غَايَةَ الشَّرِيعَةِ إِنَّمَا هِيَ المَسِيح، لِكَي يَتَبَرَّرَ بِهِ كُلُّ مُؤْمِن
رسالة القدّيس بولس إلى أهل رومة10/من01حتى13/:”يا إِخوَتِي، إِنَّ بُغْيَةَ قَلْبي وتَضَرُّعِي إِلى اللهِ مِنْ أَجْلِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيَخْلُصُوا. فأَنَا أَشْهَدُ لَهُم أَنَّ فيهِم غَيْرَةً لله، وَلكِنْ بِدُونِ مَعْرِفَةٍ صَحيحَة. فقَدْ جَهِلُوا بِرَّ الله، وحَاوَلُوا أَنْ يُثْبِتُوا بِرَّ أَنْفُسِهِم، فَلَمْ يَخْضَعُوا لِبِرِّ الله؛ لأَنَّ غَايَةَ الشَّرِيعَةِ إِنَّمَا هِيَ المَسِيح، لِكَي يَتَبَرَّرَ بِهِ كُلُّ مُؤْمِن. وقَدْ كَتَبَ مُوسَى عَنِ البِرِّ الَّذي هُوَ مِنَ الشَّرِيعَةِ فَقَال: «مَنْ يَعْمَلُ بِأَحْكَامِ الشَّرِيعَةِ يَحْيَا بِهَا». أَمَّا عَنِ البِرِّ الَّذي هُوَ مِنَ الإِيْمَانِ فَيَقُول: «لا تَقُلْ في قَلْبِكَ: مَنْ يَصْعَدُ إِلى السَّمَاء؟»، أَيْ لِيُنْزِلَ المَسِيحَ مِنَ السَّمَاء. ولا تَقُلْ: «مَنْ يَهْبِطُ إِلى الهَاوِيَة؟»، أَيْ لِيُصْعِدَ المَسِيحَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَات. بَلْ مَاذَا يَقُول؟ «الكَلِمَةُ قَرِيبَةٌ مِنْكَ، في فَمِكَ وَقَلْبِكَ»، أَيْ كَلِمَةُ الإِيْمَان، الَّتي نُنَادِي بِهَا. فَإِنِ ٱعْتَرَفْتَ بِفَمِكَ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ هُوَ الرَّبّ، وآمَنْتَ بِقَلْبِكَ أَنَّ اللهَ أَقَامَهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَات، تَخْلُص. فالإِيْمَانُ بِالقَلْبِ يَقُودُ إِلى البِرّ، والٱعْتِرَافُ بِالفَمِ يَقُودُ إِلى الخَلاص؛ لأَنَّ الكِتَابَ يَقُول: «كُلُّ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ لا يُخْزَى». فلا فَرْقَ بَيْنَ يَهُودِيٍّ ويُونَانِيّ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ نَفْسُهُ لِجَميعِهِم، يُفِيضُ غِنَاهُ عَلى جَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَهُ. فَكُلُّ مَنْ يَدْعُو ٱسْمَ الرَّبِّ يَخْلُص.”

The works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 05/31-36/:”‘If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. There is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that his testimony to me is true. You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth. Not that I accept such human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved. He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. But I have a testimony greater than John’s. The works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me.”

For Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes
Letter to the Romans 10/01-13/:”Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. I can testify that they have a zeal for God, but it is not enlightened. For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted to God’s righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. Moses writes concerning the righteousness that comes from the law, that ‘the person who does these things will live by them.’ But the righteousness that comes from faith says, ‘Do not say in your heart, “Who will ascend into heaven?” ’ (that is, to bring Christ down) ‘or “Who will descend into the abyss?” ’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? ‘The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart’ (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. The scripture says, ‘No one who believes in him will be put to shame.’ For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and is generous to all who call on him. For, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’”