Romans 10:2
For I testify for them, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
In Context
1Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they may be saved.
Cross References
John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues; indeed, the time is coming, when he that kills you, will think that he is offering service to God.
Acts 21:28crying out: Men of Israel, help! this is the man who teaches all men every where against this people, and the law, and this place: and besides, he has even brought Greeks into the temple, and defiled this holy place.
Acts 22:22And they heard him to this word, and lifted up their voice, saying: Away with such a man from the earth! for it is not fit that he should live.
Romans 9:31but Israel, who sought after a law of justification, has not attained to a law of justification.
Matthew Henry on Romans 10:2-12
Paul's Discourse of Righteousness; The Method of Salvation. ( a. d. 58.) 1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. 2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. 5 For Moses describeth… Read the whole commentary →