Romans 10:4

For as a means of righteousness Christ is the termination of Law to every believer.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

In Context

3Ignorant of the righteousness which God provides and building their hopes upon a righteousness of their own, they have refused submission to God's righteousness.

5Moses says that he whose actions conform to the righteousness required by the Law shall live by that righteousness.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:15"Let it be so on this occasion," Jesus replied; "for so we ought to fulfil every religious duty." Then he consented;

John 1:17For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Romans 3:22a righteousness coming from God, which depends on faith in Jesus Christ and extends to all who believe. No distinction is made;

Romans 7:1Brethren, do you not know--for I am writing to people acquainted with the Law--that it is during our lifetime that we are subject to the Law?

1 Corinthians 1:30But you--and it is all God's doing--are in Christ Jesus: He has become for us a wisdom which is from God, consisting of righteousness and sanctification and deliverance;

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 →

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