Cornelius a Lapide

For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith . This is to prove that the Judaisers, in seeking to be justified by the law, are no longer Christians ; for we, he says, who are Christians indeed look for the promised righteousness, not from the law, but from the Spirit, through faith in Christ. It is faith which excites hope, and so causes a man to pray for that grace by which we are justified. Some take the hope of righteousness here for eternal glory , which we hope to obtain through righteousness. Others, and better, take it to be that righteousness which we all pray and sigh for, which the Jews seek through their law, and Christians from Christ. 3io THE EPISTLE TO THE