Romans 10:3
for not knowing the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to the righteousness of God.
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
2for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge,
4For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to everyone who is believing,
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:33And You [are] righteous concerning all that has come on us, || For You have done truth, || And we have done wickedly;
Psalms 71:15My mouth recounts Your righteousness, || All the day Your salvation, || For I have not known the numbers.
Isaiah 51:6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, || And look attentively to the earth beneath, || For the heavens have vanished as smoke, || And the earth wears out as a garment, || And its inhabitants die as gnats, || And My salvation is for all time, || And My righteousness is not broken.
Isaiah 56:1Thus said YHWH: “Keep judgment, and do righteousness, || For My salvation [is] near to come, || And My righteousness to be revealed.”
Isaiah 64:6And we are as unclean—all of us, || And all our righteous acts [are] as garments of menstruation; And we fade as a leaf—all of us. And our iniquities take us away as wind.
Lamentations 3:22The kindnesses of YHWH! For we have not been consumed, || For His mercies have not ended.
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 →