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Romans 9:31 KJV
Romans · chapter 9 · verse 31
But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.Romans 9:31 · King James Version
Romans 9:31 in context
29And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
31But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
32Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- righteousnessdikaiosynēin a broad sense state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition…G1343 →
- followeddiōkōto make to run or flee, put to flight, drive away, to run swiftly in order to catch a…G1377 →
- attainedphthanōto come before, precede, anticipate, to come to, arrive at, to reach, attain toG5348 →
- IsraelisraēlIsrael = " he shall be a prince of God" , the name given to the patriarch Jacob…G2474 →
- lawnomosanything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command, of any law…G3551 →
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The apostle comes here at last to fix the true reason of the reception of the Gentiles, and the rejection of the Jews. There was a difference in the way of their seeking, and therefore there was that different success, though still it was the free grace of God that made them differ.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 30-33