Romans 9:31
Yet truly, Israel, though following the law of justice, has not arrived at the law of justice.
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Isaiah 51:1Listen to me, you who follow what is just and who seek the Lord. Pay attention to the rock from which you have been hewn, and to the walls of the pit from which you have been dug.
Romans 4:14For if those who are of the law are the heirs, then faith becomes empty and the Promise is abolished.
Romans 10:2For I offer testimony to them, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Galatians 3:10For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it has been written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all the things that have been written in the book of the Law, so as to do them.”
Galatians 5:3For I again testify, about every man circumcising himself, that he is obligated to act according to the entire law.
James 2:10Now whoever has observed the whole law, yet who offends in one matter, has become guilty of 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 →