[29] Does God belong to Jews alone? Does he not belong to Gentiles, too? Yes, also to Gentiles, [30] for God is one and will justify the circumcised on the basis of faith and the uncircumcised through faith. [31] Are we then annulling the law by this faith? Of course not! On the contrary, we are) supporting the law.
(CCC 2543) "But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from law, although the law and the prophets bear witness to it, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe" (Rom 3:21-22). Henceforth, Christ's faithful "have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires"; they are led by the Spirit and follow the desires of the Spirit (Gal 5:24; cf. Rom 8:14, 27). (CCC 1987) The grace of the Holy Spirit has the power to justify us, that is, to cleanse us from our sins and to communicate to us "the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ" and through Baptism (Rom 3:22; cf. 6:3-4): But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. The death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves as dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus (Rom 6:8-11).
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