Romans 10:3
For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:33However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;
Psalms 71:15My mouth will tell about your righteousness,and of your salvation all day,though I do not know its full measure.
Isaiah 51:6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein shall die in the same way: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Isaiah 56:1Thus says the Lord, "Keep justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
Isaiah 64:6For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
Lamentations 3:22The Lord's faithful love does not cease; his compassion does not fail.
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 →