Romans 9:31
but Israel even though pursuing a law of righteousness did not attain it.
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- Rom 11:7 : 7 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,
- Gal 3:10-11 : 10 For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written,“Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law.” 11 Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.
- Gal 3:21 : 21 Is the law therefore opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.
- Gal 5:3-4 : 3 And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. 4 You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!
- Phil 3:6 : 6 In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.
- Jas 2:10-11 : 10 For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it. 11 For he who said,“Do not commit adultery,” also said,“Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.
- Isa 51:1 : 1 There is Hope for the Future“Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, who seek the LORD! Look at the rock from which you were chiseled, at the quarry from which you were dug!
- Rom 3:20 : 20 For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
- Rom 4:14-15 : 14 For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified. 15 For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression either.
- Rom 9:30-32 : 30 Israel’s Rejection Culpable What shall we say then?– that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith, 31 but Israel even though pursuing a law of righteousness did not attain it. 32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but(as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
- Rom 10:2-4 : 2 For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth. 3 For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. 4 For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.
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30Israel’s Rejection Culpable What shall we say then?– that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,
- Rom 9:32-332 verses79%
32Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but(as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
33just as it is written,“Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble and a rock that will make them fall, yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
- Rom 10:2-65 verses76%
2For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.
3For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
4For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.
5For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law:“The one who does these things will live by them.”
6But the righteousness that is by faith says:“Do not say in your heart,‘Who will ascend into heaven?’”(that is, to bring Christ down)
- Rom 11:6-72 verses75%
6And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
7What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,
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6It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,
- Gal 3:10-123 verses73%
10For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written,“Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law.”
11Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.
12But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them.
- Rom 3:20-223 verses73%
20For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
21But now apart from the law the righteousness of God(although it is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed–
22namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction,
- Rom 2:12-143 verses73%
12For all who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
13For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous.
14For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things required by the law, these who do not have the law are a law to themselves.
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9and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness– a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ’s faithfulness.
- Rom 3:9-113 verses71%
9The Condemnation of the World What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,
10just as it is written:“There is no one righteous, not even one,
11there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God.
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4so that the righteous requirement of the law may be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
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16yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
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21Is the law therefore opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.
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15For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression either.
- Rom 2:26-272 verses70%
26Therefore if the uncircumcised man obeys the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
27The physically uncircumcised man, by keeping the law, will judge you to be the transgressor of the law, even though you have the letter and circumcision!
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4who are Israelites. To them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
- Rom 3:27-282 verses70%
27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded! By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith!
28For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law.
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13For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
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31so they too have now been disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they too may now receive mercy.
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39And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.
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9realizing that law is not intended for a righteous person, but for lawless and rebellious people, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,
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39and by this one everyone who believes is justified from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify you.
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7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, I would not have known sin except through the law. For indeed I would not have known what it means to desire something belonging to someone else if the law had not said,“Do not covet.”
- Rom 4:5-62 verses68%
5But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness.
6So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
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11“All Israel has broken your law and turned away by not obeying you. Therefore you have poured out on us the judgment solemnly threatened in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against you.
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27And Isaiah cries out on behalf of Israel,“Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved,
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2For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has something to boast about– but not before God.
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11I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous.
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31Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead we uphold the law.
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13The LORD answered,“This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws.
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24Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by faith.
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21To those free from the law I became like one free from the law(though I am not free from God’s law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.
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17For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written,“The righteous by faith will live.”