Romans 9:31
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31 but Israel, who did strive for the law of righteousness, did not attain that law.(A)
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Romans 11:7
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7 What then? Israel has not achieved what it was pursuing. The elect have achieved it, but the rest were hardened,(A)
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Romans 3:20
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20 For no human will be justified before him by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.(A)
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James 2:10-11
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10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it.(A) 11 For the one who said, “You shall not commit adultery,” also said, “You shall not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but you murder, you have become a transgressor of[a] the law.(B)
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- 2.11 Other ancient authorities read a rebel against
Galatians 5:3-4
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3 Once again I testify to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obliged to obey the entire law. 4 You who want to be reckoned as righteous[a] by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.(A)
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- 5.4 Or justified
Romans 10:2-4
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2 For I can testify that they have a zeal for God, but it is not based on knowledge.(A) 3 Not knowing the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.(B) 4 For Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.(C)
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Philippians 3:6
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6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
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Galatians 3:21
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21 Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could make alive, then righteousness would indeed come through the law.
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Galatians 3:10-11
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10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the things written in the book of the law.”(A) 11 Now it is evident that no one is reckoned as righteous before God by the law, for “the one who is righteous will live by faith.”[a](B)
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- 3.11 Or The one who is righteous through faith will live
Romans 4:14-15
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14 For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. 15 For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.(A)
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Isaiah 51:1
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Blessings in Store for God’s People
51 Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
you who seek the Lord.
Look to the rock from which you were hewn
and to the quarry from which you were dug.(A)
Romans 9:30-32
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Israel’s Unbelief
30 What then are we to say? Gentiles, who did not strive for righteousness, have attained it, that is, righteousness through faith,(A) 31 but Israel, who did strive for the law of righteousness, did not attain that law.(B) 32 Why not? Because they did not strive for it on the basis of faith but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,(C)
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