Romans 9:30

Justification Faith The stranger and outcast

²⁸ For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”

²⁹ It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”

What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;

³¹ but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.

³² Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

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

Compare

BSB: What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
KJV: What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
WEB: What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
ASV: What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:
DARBY: What then shall we say? That [they of the] nations, who did not follow after righteousness, have attained righteousness, but [the] righteousness that is on the principle of faith.
BLB: What then will we say? That the Gentiles, not pursuing righteousness, obtained righteousness—and righteousness that [is] by faith;

ÅB: Hva skal vi da si? At hedninger som ikke søkte etter rettferdighet, de nådde rettferdighet; men det var rettferdigheten av tro.
OTB: Hva skal vi da konkludere? At hedningene, som ikke forfulgte rettferdighet, har oppnådd rettferdighet, en rettferdighet som er ved tro;
B1930: Hvad skal vi da si? At hedninger som ikke søkte rettferdighet, de vant rettferdighet, men det var rettferdigheten av tro;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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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Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
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Galatians 2:16
know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
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Romans 4:11
And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
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Galatians 5:5
But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.
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Romans 10:20
And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”
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Romans 10:10
For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.
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Ephesians 2:12
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
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