Romans 10:3

1 Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation.

2 For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.

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.

5 For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
KJV
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.
WEB
For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
ASV
For being ignorant of God`s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
DARBY
For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own [righteousness], have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
BLB
For being ignorant of the righteousness of God and seeking to establish [their] own righteousness, they did not submit to the righteousness of God.
ÅB
de kjente ikke Guds rettferdighet, men strevde heller etter å etablere sin egen rettferdighet, og derfor underordnet de seg ikke under Guds rettferdighet.
OTB
For, uten å være klar over Guds rettferdighet og forsøke å etablere sin egen, underkastet de seg ikke Guds rettferdighet.
B1930
for da de ikke kjente Guds rettferdighet og strevde efter å grunne sin egen rettferdighet, gav de sig ikke inn under Guds rettferdighet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Luke 16:15

    So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

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  • Philippians 3:9

    and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:21

    God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

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  • Revelation 3:17–18

    You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.

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  • Romans 5:19

    For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

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  • Luke 18:9–12

    To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:

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  • Romans 1:17

    For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

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  • Romans 3:22

    And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

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