That refers in the first fulfilment in it than precepts and rites could ever bring. These were now suspended because a more excellent way had been revealed. "What the Law would not do in that it was weak through the flesh" could be accomplished by "'the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus." Those who believed in Christ actually did what they had struggled to do when burdened with precepts and deadened by the routine of ceremonies. Christ proved to be the end, the consum-motion of the Law to everyone who believed.
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