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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"For Moses," he says, "describeth the righteousness which is of the Law." What he means is this. Moses showeth us the righteousness ensuing from the Law, what sort it is of, and whence. What sort is it then of, and what does it consist in? In fulfilling the commandments. "He (the man), that doeth these things," He says, "shall live by (or in), them." And there is no other way of becoming righteous in the Law save by fulfilling the whole of it. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
He confirms what was said: what the law did not accomplish, Christ accomplished, and says: Moses reasons about the justification of man by means of works. But since there was not a single person who fulfilled the works, justification by the law is impossible.
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, for Moses wrote, he proves the truth of those things about which the Jews were ignorant, namely, that God's justice is more perfect than that of the law; and this he shows on the authority of Moses, the lawgiver of the old law. First, therefore, he shows by his words the condition of legal justice; second, he shows the condition of the justice of faith, at but the justice which is of faith. …
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