Romans 9:31
But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it.
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Isaiah 51:1Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken.
Romans 4:14For if they who are of the law are the people who get the heritage, then faith is made of no use, and the word of God has no power;
Romans 10:2For I give witness of them that they have a strong desire for God, but not with knowledge.
Galatians 3:10For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law.
Galatians 5:3Yes, I give witness again to every man who undergoes circumcision, that he will have to keep all the law.
James 2:10For anyone who keeps all the law, but makes a slip in one point, is judged to have gone against it all.
Matthew Henry on Romans 9:31-33
Reception of the Gentiles and Rejection of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. 31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. 32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a… Read the whole commentary →