Pelagius, on Rom 10:5

“For Moses wrote, that the justice which is of the law, the man that shall do it, shall live by it.”

“Moses distinguished between two kinds of righteousness, the righteousness of faith and the righteousness of works. The latter justifies the suppliant by deeds, but the former justifies by belief alone.… In this age no one keeps the law perfectly without Christ. Believing in him is also implied in the law. On account of this passage some think that the Jews have earned only this present life by the works of the law, but the words of the Lord show that this is not true. When he was asked about eternal life the Lord stipulated the commandments of the law: "If you would enter life, keep the commandments." From this we understand that one who kept the law at that time had everlasting life.”

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