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10 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I can testify that they have a zeal for God, but it is not based on knowledge.(A) Not knowing the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.(B) For Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.(C)

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10 Dear brothers and sisters,[a] the longing of my heart and my prayer to God is for the people of Israel to be saved. I know what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is misdirected zeal. For they don’t understand God’s way of making people right with himself. Refusing to accept God’s way, they cling to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law. For Christ has already accomplished the purpose for which the law was given.[b] As a result, all who believe in him are made right with God.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:1 Greek Brothers.
  2. 10:4 Or For Christ is the end of the law.