Romans 9:31

Geneva Bible (1560)

But Israel which followed the Lawe of righteousnes, could not arteine vnto the Law of righteousnes.

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  • Rom 11:7 : 7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that he sought: but the election hath obteined it, and the rest haue bene hardened,
  • Gal 3:10-11 : 10 For as many as are of the workes of the Lawe, are vnder the curse: for it is written, Cursed is euery man that continueth not in all things, which are written in the booke of the Law, to doe them. 11 And that no man is iustified by the Law in the sight of God, it is euident: for the iust shall liue by faith.
  • Gal 3:21 : 21 Is the Lawe then against the promises of God? God forbid: For if there had bene a Lawe giuen which coulde haue giuen life, surely righteousnes should haue bene by the Lawe.
  • Gal 5:3-4 : 3 For I testifie againe to euery man, which is circumcised, that he is bound to keepe the whole Lawe. 4 Ye are abolished from Christ: whosoeuer are iustified by the Law, ye are fallen from grace.
  • Phil 3:6 : 6 Concerning zeale, I persecuted ye Church: touching the righteousnesse which is in the Law, I was vnrebukeable.
  • Jas 2:10-11 : 10 For whosoeuer shall keepe the whole Lawe, and yet faileth in one poynt, hee is guiltie of all. 11 For he that saide, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, saide also, Thou shalt not kill. Nowe though thou doest none adulterie, yet if thou killest, thou art a transgressour of the Lawe.
  • Isa 51:1 : 1 Heare me, ye that followe after righteousnes, and ye that seeke the Lorde: looke vnto the rocke, whence ye are hewen, and to the hole of the pit, whence ye are digged.
  • Rom 3:20 : 20 Therefore by the woorkes of the Lawe shall no flesh be iustified in his sight: for by the Lawe commeth the knowledge of sinne.
  • Rom 4:14-15 : 14 For if they which are of the Lawe, be heires, faith is made voide, & the promise is made of none effect. 15 For the Lawe causeth wrath: for where no Lawe is, there is no transgression.
  • Rom 9:30-32 : 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles which folowed not righteousnes, haue attained vnto righteousnes, euen the righteousnes which is of faith. 31 But Israel which followed the Lawe of righteousnes, could not arteine vnto the Law of righteousnes. 32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the workes of the Lawe: for they haue stumbled at the stumbling stone,
  • Rom 10:2-4 : 2 For I beare them record, that they haue the zeale of God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they, being ignorant of the righteousnes of God, and going about to stablish their owne righteousnes, haue not submitted themselues to the righteousnes of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the Law for righteousnes vnto euery one that beleeueth.

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  • Rom 9:30
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    30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles which folowed not righteousnes, haue attained vnto righteousnes, euen the righteousnes which is of faith.

  • Rom 9:32-33
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    32Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the workes of the Lawe: for they haue stumbled at the stumbling stone,

    33As it is written, Beholde, I lay in Sion a stumbling stone, and a rocke to make men fall: and euery one that beleeueth in him, shall not be ashamed.

  • Rom 10:2-6
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    2For I beare them record, that they haue the zeale of God, but not according to knowledge.

    3For they, being ignorant of the righteousnes of God, and going about to stablish their owne righteousnes, haue not submitted themselues to the righteousnes of God.

    4For Christ is the end of the Law for righteousnes vnto euery one that beleeueth.

    5For Moses thus describeth the righteousnes which is of the Lawe, That the man which doeth these things, shall liue thereby.

    6But the righteousnes which is of faith, speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heauen? (that is to bring Christ from aboue)

  • Rom 11:6-7
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    6And if it be of grace, it is no more of workes: or els were grace no more grace: but if it be of workes, it is no more grace: or els were worke no more worke.

    7What then? Israel hath not obtained that he sought: but the election hath obteined it, and the rest haue bene hardened,

  • Rom 9:6
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    6Notwithstanding it can not bee that the worde of God should take none effect: for all they are not Israel, which are of Israel:

  • Gal 3:10-12
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    10For as many as are of the workes of the Lawe, are vnder the curse: for it is written, Cursed is euery man that continueth not in all things, which are written in the booke of the Law, to doe them.

    11And that no man is iustified by the Law in the sight of God, it is euident: for the iust shall liue by faith.

    12And the Lawe is not of faith: but the man that shall doe those things, shall liue in them.

  • Rom 3:20-22
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    20Therefore by the woorkes of the Lawe shall no flesh be iustified in his sight: for by the Lawe commeth the knowledge of sinne.

    21But nowe is the righteousnesse, of God made manifest without the Lawe, hauing witnes of the Lawe and of the Prophets,

    22To wit, the righteousnesse of God by the faith of Iesus Christ, vnto all, and vpon all that beleeue.

  • Rom 2:12-14
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    12For as many as haue sinned without the Lawe, shall perish also without the Lawe: and as many as haue sinned in the Lawe, shall be iudged by the Lawe,

    13(For the hearers of the Lawe are not righteous before God: but the doers of the Lawe shalbe iustified.

    14For when the Gentiles which haue not the Lawe, doe by nature, the things conteined in the Lawe, they hauing not the Lawe, are a Lawe vnto themselues,

  • Phil 3:9
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    9And might bee founde in him, that is, not hauing mine owne righteousnesse, which is of the Lawe, but that which is through the faith of Christ, euen the righteousnesse which is of God through faith,

  • Rom 3:9-11
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    9What then? Are we more excellent? No, in no wise: for we haue alreadie prooued, that all, both Iewes and Gentiles are vnder sinne,

    10As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one.

    11There is none that vnderstandeth: there is none that seeketh God.

  • Rom 8:4
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    4That that righteousnes of the Law might be fulfilled in vs, which walke not after ye flesh, but after the Spirit.

  • Gal 2:16
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    16Knowe that a man is not iustified by the works of the Law, but by ye faith of Iesus Christ, euen we, I say, haue beleeued in Iesus Christ, that we might be iustified by the faith of Christ, & not by the workes of the Lawe, because that by the workes of the Lawe, no flesh shalbe iustified.

  • Gal 3:21
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    21Is the Lawe then against the promises of God? God forbid: For if there had bene a Lawe giuen which coulde haue giuen life, surely righteousnes should haue bene by the Lawe.

  • Rom 4:15
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    15For the Lawe causeth wrath: for where no Lawe is, there is no transgression.

  • Rom 2:26-27
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    26Therefore if the vncircumcision keepe the ordinances of the Lawe, shall not his vncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

    27And shall not vncircumcision which is by nature (if it keepe the Lawe) condemne thee which by the letter and circumcision art a transgressour of the Lawe?

  • Rom 9:4
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    4Which are the Israelites, to whome perteineth the adoption, and the glory, and the Couenants, and the giuing of the Lawe, and the seruice of God, and the promises.

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27Where is then the reioycing? It is excluded. By what Lawe? of woorkes? Nay: but by the Lawe of faith.

    28Therefore we conclude, that a man is iustified by faith, without the workes of the Lawe.

  • Rom 4:13
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    13For the promise that he should be the heire of the worlde, was not giuen to Abraham, or to his seede, through the Lawe, but through the righteousnesse of faith.

  • Rom 11:31
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    31Euen so nowe haue they not beleeued by the mercie shewed vnto you, that they also may obtaine mercie.

  • Heb 11:39
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    39And these all through faith obteined good report, and receiued not the promes,

  • 1 Tim 1:9
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    9Knowing this, that the Lawe is not giuen vnto a righteous man, but vnto the lawles and disobedient, to the vngodly, and to sinners, to the vnholy, and to the prophane, to murtherers of fathers and mothers, to manslayers,

  • Acts 13:39
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    39And from al things, from which ye could not be iustified by the Law of Moses, by him euery one that beleeueth, is iustified.

  • Rom 7:7
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    7What shall we say then? Is the Lawe sinne? God forbid. Nay, I knewe not sinne, but by the Lawe: for I had not knowen lust, except the Lawe had sayd, Thou shalt not lust.

  • Rom 4:5-6
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    5But to him that worketh not, but beleeueth in him that iustifieth the vngodly, his faith is counted for righteousnesse.

    6Euen as Dauid declareth the blessednesse of the man, vnto whom God imputeth righteousnes without workes, saying,

  • Dan 9:11
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    11Yea, all Israel haue transgressed thy Lawe, and are turned backe, and haue not heard thy voyce: therefore the curse is powred vpon vs, and the othe that is written in the Lawe of Moses the seruant of God, because we haue sinned against him.

  • Rom 9:27
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    27Also Esaias cryeth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel were as the sand of the sea, yet shall but a remnant be saued.

  • Rom 4:2
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    2For if Abraham were iustified by workes, he hath wherein to reioyce, but not with God.

  • Rom 11:11
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    11I demaund then, Haue they stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid: but through their fall, saluation commeth vnto the Gentiles, to prouoke them to follow them.

  • Rom 3:31
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    31Doe we then make the Lawe of none effect through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the Lawe.

  • Jer 9:13
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    13And the Lorde sayeth, Because they haue forsaken my Lawe, which I set before them, and haue not obeyed my voice, neither walked thereafter,

  • Gal 3:24
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    24Wherefore the Lawe was our scholemaster to bring vs to Christ, that we might be made righteous by faith.

  • 1 Cor 9:21
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    21To them that are without Lawe, as though I were without Lawe, (when I am not without Lawe as pertaining to God, but am in the Lawe through Christ) that I may winne them that are without Lawe:

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For by it the righteousnesse of God is reueiled from faith to faith: as it is written, The iust shall liue by faith.