Romans 9:31
But the people of Israel, who looked to the law to make them right with God, never succeeded.
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Isaiah 51:1Listen to me, those of you who follow what is right, and who worship the Lord. Think about the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were chiseled.
Romans 4:14For if the promised inheritance is based on keeping the law, then the issue of trusting God is not necessary, and the promise is pointless.
Romans 10:2I can testify to their passionate dedication to God, but it's not based on knowing him as he truly is.
Galatians 3:10All those who rely on keeping the law are under a curse, for as Scripture says, “Cursed is everyone who doesn't carefully obey everything that's written in the book of the law.”
Galatians 5:3Let me repeat: every man who is circumcised has to keep the whole of the law.
James 2:10Someone who observes everything in the law but fails in just one part is guilty of breaking 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 →