Originally Posted by rhutchin

Philips has, "But now we are seeing the righteousness of God declared quite apart from the Law (though amply testified to by both Law and Prophets)--"

KJV has "being witnessed."

The sense seems to be that the OT testifies of Christ who is the righteousness of God and who is the means to gain righteousness which the law could not do. That testimony began in the past and continues into the present (i.e., nothing changes what the OT has always told us).