Two interpretative misjudgments lead to this erroneous reading: (1) that δικαιοῦσθαι means “to be made righteous” (a causative meaning impossible to justify from Greek usage, Jewish or non-Jewish,
pace Martyn, Galatians, p. 265); and (2) that “to be righteous” means
in itself to be saved. In combination, on this reading, Paul is denying that a person can get oneself saved by keeping the Law.—J. M. G. Barclay,
Paul and the Gift, 377 n. 71
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