Romans 10:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For I give witness of them that they have a strong desire for God, but not with knowledge.

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  • Acts 21:20 : 20 And hearing it, they gave praise to God; and they said to him, You see, brother, what thousands there are among the Jews, who have the faith; and they all have a great respect for the law:
  • Phil 1:9 : 9 And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;
  • Phil 3:6 : 6 In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.
  • Rom 9:31-32 : 31 But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it. 32 Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;
  • Rom 10:3 : 3 Because, not having knowledge of God's righteousness, and desiring to give effect to their righteousness, they have not put themselves under the righteousness of God.
  • 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Cor 8:3 : 3 For I give them witness, that as they were able, and even more than they were able, they gave from the impulse of their hearts,
  • Gal 1:14 : 14 And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers.
  • Gal 4:15 : 15 Where then is that happy condition of yours? because I give you witness, that, if possible, you would have taken out your eyes and given them to me.
  • Gal 4:17-18 : 17 Their interest in you is not good; but their desire is that you may be shut out, so that you may go after them. 18 But it is good to have an interest in a good cause at all times, and not only when I am present with you.
  • Acts 21:28 : 28 Crying out, Men of Israel, come to our help: this is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people and the law and this place: and in addition, he has taken Greeks into the Temple, and made this holy place unclean.
  • Acts 22:3 : 3 I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia by birth, but I had my education in this town at the feet of Gamaliel, being trained in the keeping of every detail of the law of our fathers; given up to the cause of God with all my heart, as you are today.
  • Acts 22:22 : 22 And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living.
  • Acts 26:9-9 : 9 For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10 And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them.
  • 2 Kgs 10:16 : 16 And he said, Come with me and see how I am on fire for the Lord's cause. So he made him go with him in his carriage.
  • Ps 14:4 : 4 Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.
  • Prov 19:2 : 2 Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.
  • Col 4:13 : 13 For I give witness of him that he has undergone much trouble for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis.
  • Isa 27:1 : 1 In that day the Lord, with his great and strong and cruel sword, will send punishment on Leviathan, the quick-moving snake, and on Leviathan, the twisted snake; and he will put to death the dragon which is in the sea.
  • John 16:2 : 2 They will put you out of the Synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever puts you to death will have the belief that he is doing God's pleasure.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 10:3
    83%

    3 Because, not having knowledge of God's righteousness, and desiring to give effect to their righteousness, they have not put themselves under the righteousness of God.

  • Rom 10:1
    75%

    1 Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is, that they may get salvation.

  • Gal 4:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17 Their interest in you is not good; but their desire is that you may be shut out, so that you may go after them.

    18 But it is good to have an interest in a good cause at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

  • 1 Tim 1:7
    73%

    7 Desiring to be teachers of the law, though they have no knowledge of what they say or of the statements which they make so certainly.

  • Rom 10:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18 But I say, Did not the word come to their ears? Yes, certainly: Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

    19 But I say, Had Israel no knowledge? First Moses says, You will be moved to envy by that which is not a nation, and by a foolish people I will make you angry.

  • Phil 3:6
    71%

    6 In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.

  • Rom 3:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17 And of the way of peace they have no knowledge:

    18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

  • Phil 1:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16 These do it from love, conscious that I am responsible for the cause of the good news:

    17 But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

  • Titus 1:16
    70%

    16 They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.

  • Acts 22:19
    70%

    19 And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you:

  • 2 Cor 11:11
    70%

    11 Why? because I have no love for you? let God be judge.

  • 2 Tim 3:10
    70%

    10 But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;

  • Gal 1:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13 For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:

    14 And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers.

  • Rom 1:17-19
    3 verses
    69%

    17 For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.

    18 For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;

    19 Because the knowledge of God may be seen in them, God having made it clear to them.

  • Rom 2:15
    69%

    15 Because the work of the law is seen in their hearts, their sense of right and wrong giving witness to it, while their minds are at one time judging them and at another giving them approval;

  • John 5:42
    69%

    42 But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts.

  • Rom 9:30-32
    3 verses
    69%

    30 What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

    31 But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it.

    32 Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;

  • Rom 2:8
    69%

    8 But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,

  • Phil 3:9
    69%

    9 And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

  • Acts 3:17
    69%

    17 And now, my brothers, I am conscious that you did this, as did your rulers, without knowledge.

  • Rom 1:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    21 Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark.

    22 Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,

  • Jude 1:10
    69%

    10 But these men say evil about such things as they have no knowledge of; and the things of which they have natural knowledge, like beasts without reason, are the cause of their destruction.

  • 2 Cor 9:2
    68%

    2 For I have before made clear to those of Macedonia my pride in your ready mind, saying to them that Achaia has been ready for a year back; and a great number have been moved to do the same by your example.

  • Rom 3:9
    68%

    9 What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin;

  • Gal 6:13
    68%

    13 Because even those who undergo circumcision do not themselves keep the law; but they would have you undergo circumcision, so that they may have glory in your flesh.

  • Rom 2:17-18
    2 verses
    68%

    17 But as for you who have the name of Jew, and are resting on the law, and take pride in God,

    18 And have knowledge of his desires, and are a judge of the things which are different, having the learning of the law,

  • Rom 11:11
    68%

    11 So I say, Were their steps made hard in order that they might have a fall? In no way: but by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, so that they might be moved to envy.

  • 1 Cor 15:34
    68%

    34 Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame.

  • Eph 4:18
    68%

    18 Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;

  • Phil 1:8
    68%

    8 For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.

  • 2 Thess 1:8
    68%

    8 To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:

  • 1 Thess 2:16
    68%

    16 Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.

  • Rom 1:13
    68%

    13 You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.

  • Rom 9:1-3
    3 verses
    68%

    1 I say what is true in Christ, and not what is false, my mind giving witness with me in the Holy Spirit,

    2 That I am full of sorrow and pain without end.

    3 For I have a desire to take on myself the curse for my brothers, my family in the flesh:

  • Rom 9:6
    68%

    6 But it is not as if the word of God was without effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel:

  • 1 Cor 9:21
    68%

    21 To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.

  • Rom 3:20
    67%

    20 Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.