Romans 10:2
1 Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation.
For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
3 Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
4 For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
- KJV
- For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
- WEB
- For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
- ASV
- For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
- DARBY
- For I bear them witness that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
- BLB
- For I testify about them that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
- ÅB
- For jeg vitner om dem at de har nidkjærhet for Gud, men uten rett forstand;
- OTB
- For jeg kan vitne om at de har en iver for Gud, men det er ikke i samsvar med kunnskap.
- B1930
- For jeg gir dem det vidnesbyrd at de har nidkjærhet for Gud, men ikke med skjønnsomhet;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 21:20
When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.
Read in contextRomans 9:31–32
but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.
Read in contextProverbs 19:2
Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.
Read in contextPhilippians 1:9
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
Read in contextPhilippians 3:6
as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
Read in contextRomans 10:3
Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
Read in contextGalatians 1:14
I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:4
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
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