Paul, the Law, and the Covenant (Biblia.com)

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The now-familiar “new perspective” asserts that the “covenantal nomism” characteristic of second-temple Judaism softened the Mosaic law’s requirement of perfect obedience. Because of God’s gracious covenant with Israel, manifested in election and in the provision of atoning sacrifices, one could be righteous under the law despite occasional failures to obey the law perfectly. This view concludes...

never saw the law as strictly a matter of identity; the second three items Paul lists all involve accomplishment. The Jewish law demands obedience.23 Paul’s former “righteousness” was clearly based on his performance of the law. The closer a Jew came to perfect observance, the greater was his or her boast with respect to the law. In other words, the law always involves accomplishment and not just identity. A high status in Judaism for Paul requires not only membership in the covenant people but also

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