Explainer / Torah
Romans 10:4
For Messiah is the goal of the Torah to righteousness to everyone believing.
τέλος γὰρ νόμου Χριστὸς εἰς δικαιοσύνην παντὶ τῷ πιστεύοντι.
Compare with the ASV
For Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to every one that believeth.
We rendered τέλος "goal" where the ASV has "end," and printed "Torah" for νόμος.
Why
τέλος
means "end" in the sense of the point something reaches: the finish of a race, the purpose of a plan, the outcome of a thing.
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The standard lexicon (BDAG) gives both "termination" and "goal."
The running words just before
In 9:30–31 Paul says Gentiles "who did not pursue" righteousness attained it, while Israel, "pursuing (διώκων) the Torah of righteousness, did not arrive (οὐκ ἔφθασεν)" at it, and in 9:32–33 they stumble.
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These are words for a race, and the τέλος of a race is the finish line runners aim at. "Goal" carries that sense in English.
νόμος
here is the Mosaic law, so it is rendered "Torah." The verses that follow quote it: Lev 18:5 in 10:5 and Deut 30:12–14 in 10:6–8.
παντὶ τῷ πιστεύοντι
is a present participle, "to everyone believing," rendered as continuing action.
"end" (ASV, KJV, ESV); "culmination" or "fulfillment" (other versions).