Romans 10:3
For, being ignorant of the justice of God, and seeking to establish their own justice, they have not subjected themselves to the justice of God.
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2For I offer testimony to them, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
4For the end of the law, Christ, is unto justice for all who believe.
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:33For you are just, concerning all things that have overwhelmed us. For you have done truth, but we have acted impiously.
Psalms 71:15And he will live, and to him will be given from the gold of Arabia, and by him they will always adore. They will bless him all day long.
Isaiah 51:6Lift up your eyes to heaven, and look down to the earth below. For the heavens will vanish like smoke, and the earth will be worn away like a garment, and its inhabitants will pass away in like manner. But my salvation will be forever, and my justice will not fail.
Isaiah 56:1Thus says the Lord: Preserve judgment, and accomplish justice. For my salvation is close to its arrival, and my justice is close to being revealed.
Isaiah 64:6And we have all become like the unclean. And all our justices are like a rag of menstruation. And we have all fallen away, like a leaf. And our iniquities have carried us away, like the wind.
Lamentations 3:22HETH. By the mercies of the Lord, we are not consumed. For his compassion has not passed away.
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 →