² ·I can say this about them [^LFor I testify about them that…]: They ·really try to follow God [^Lhave a zeal for God], but ·they do not know the right way [their zeal is misguided/uninformed/undiscerning; ^Lnot according to knowledge]. ³ Because they ·did not know [or ignored] the ·way that God makes people right with him [righteousness of God], they ·tried to make themselves right in their own way [^Lsought to establish their own righteousness]. So they did not ·accept God’s way of making people right [^Lsubmit to God’s righteousness]. ⁴ [^LFor] Christ ·ended [is the end/culmination/fulfillment of] the law so that everyone who believes in him may ·be right with God [have righteousness].