² For I bear them witness that ^(A)they have a zeal for God, ^(B)but not according to knowledge.

³¹ but that Israel ^(A)who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness^{[a] (B)}did not succeed in reaching that law. ³² Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the ^(C)stumbling stone,

²⁰ And when they heard it, they ^(A)glorified God. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed. They are all ^(B)zealous for the law,

^6 (A)as to zeal, ^(B)a persecutor of the church; ^(C)as to righteousness under the law,^[a] blameless.

⁹ And it is my prayer that ^(A)your love may abound more and more, ^(B)with knowledge and all discernment,

³ For, being ignorant of ^(A)the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.

¹⁴ And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely ^(A)zealous was I for ^(B)the traditions of my fathers.

⁴ In their case ^(A)the god of this world ^(B)has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing ^(C)the light of ^(D)the gospel of the glory of Christ, ^(E)who is the image of God.