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4. τέλος γὰρ κ.τ.λ γὰρ. yip explains why this submission was required. τέλος νόμου = an end of law, as an instrument of righteousness. Law promoted righteousness by revealing GOD’S will and awakening the moral consciousness. That dispensation was ended by Christ, in whose Person and character GOD’S will was fully revealed, and who at the same time, in His communicated life, gave the power of fulfilment to all who trust in Him. He thus also fulfils law, both as a revelation of and as a means to righteousness. But the special point here is that He ends the dispensation of law.
νόμου. The particular reference is of course to Jewish law: but it is stated comprehensively in accordance with S. Paul’s view of Gentile conditions.
εἰς δικαιοσύνην = as regards righteousness, or for the purposes of righteousness.
παντὶ τῷ π. Cf. Rom 1:16—the new condition marks the universality of the effect.