Romans 9:27-10:4
English Standard Version
27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: (A)“Though the number of the sons of Israel[a] be as the sand of the sea, (B)only a remnant of them will be saved, 28 for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay.” 29 And as Isaiah predicted,
(C)(D)“If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring,
(E)we would have been like Sodom
and become like Gomorrah.”
Israel's Unbelief
30 What shall we say, then? (F)That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, (G)a righteousness that is by faith; 31 but that Israel (H)who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness[b] (I)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 (J)stumbling stone, 33 as it is written,
(K)“Behold, I am laying in Zion (L)a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
(M)and whoever believes in him will not be (N)put to shame.”
10 Brothers,[c] my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. 2 For I bear them witness that (O)they have a zeal for God, (P)but not according to knowledge. 3 For, being ignorant of (Q)the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. 4 For (R)Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.[d]
Footnotes
- Romans 9:27 Or children of Israel
- Romans 9:31 Greek a law of righteousness
- Romans 10:1 Or Brothers and sisters
- Romans 10:4 Or end of the law, that everyone who believes may be justified
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