the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Romans 10:3
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They refuse to accept God's new way of making people right with him. They are hardheaded and tie hard and fast to keeping the Code.
For not knowing about God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
For not knowing about the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
Because, not having knowledge of God's righteousness, and desiring to give effect to their righteousness, they have not put themselves under the righteousness of God.
For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own [righteousness], have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
Because they disregarded the righteousness from God and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to God's righteousness.
For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn't subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
For they being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
Ignorant of the righteousness which God provides and building their hopes upon a righteousness of their own, they have refused submission to God's righteousness.
For they being ignorant of Gods righteousnesse, and going about to establish their owne righteousnesse, haue not submitted themselues vnto the righteousnesse of God.
For being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to the righteousness of God.
For they knowe not the righteousnes which auayleth before God, and go aboute to manteyne their awne righteousnes: and thus they are not subdued vnto the righteousnes, that is off value before God.
because being ignorant of the justice which is of God, and going about to establish a justification of their own, they have not submitted themselves to that which is of God.
For not knowing about God's righteousness [which is based on faith], and seeking to establish their own [righteousness based on works], they did not submit to God's righteousness.
For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
For they are ignoraut of the rightewesnes which is alowed before God and goo about to stablisshe their awne rightewesnes and therfore are not obedient vnto the rightewesnes which is of valew before God.
For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God.
for not knowing the righteousness of God, and their own righteousness seeking to establish, to the righteousness of God they did not submit.
Because they did not know the way that God makes people right with him, they tried to make themselves right in their own way. So they did not accept God's way of making people right.
For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
Because they were ignorant of God's righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
what makes people acceptable to him. So they refuse to trust God, and they try to be acceptable by obeying the Law.
for, since they are unaware of God's way of making people righteous and instead seek to set up their own, they have not submitted themselves to God's way of making people righteous.
For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
For they, being ignorant of the righteousnes of God, and going about to stablish their owne righteousnes, haue not submitted themselues to the righteousnes of God.
For they know not the righteousness of God, but seek to establish their own righteousness, and because of this, they have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God.
For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn't subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
For they are ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God while they try to establish their own, and they have not submitted to God's righteousness.Romans 1:17; 9:30; Philippians 3:9;">[xr]
But the righteousness of Aloha they know not, but seek the righteousness of themselves to establish, and on this account to the righteousness of Aloha they have not become subject.
For they know not the righteousness of God, but seek to establish their own righteousness: and therefore they have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God.
For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
They have not known how God makes men right with Himself. Instead, they have tried to make their own way. They have not become right with God because they have not done what God said to do.
For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted to God's righteousness.
For, not knowing God's righteousness and, their own, seeking to establish, unto the righteousness of God, have they not submitted;
For they, not knowing the justice of God and seeking to establish their own, have not submitted themselves to the justice of God.
For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
For ignoring the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
For they beyng ignoraunt of Gods ryghteousnesse, and goyng about to stablyshe their owne righteousnesse, haue not ben obedient vnto the ryghteousness of God.
They did not know the way that God makes people right with him. And they tried to make themselves right in their own way. So they did not accept God's way of making people right.
For not knowing about God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
They have not known the way in which God puts people right with himself, and instead, they have tried to set up their own way; and so they did not submit themselves to God's way of putting people right.
For thei vnknowynge Goddis riytwisnesse, and sekynge to make stidefast her owne riytfulnesse, ben not suget to the riytwisnesse of God.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
God's righteousness: "God's method of justification," says Abp. Newcome: God's method of saving sinners. Romans 1:17, Romans 3:22, Romans 3:26, Romans 5:19, Romans 9:30, Psalms 71:15, Psalms 71:16, Psalms 71:19, Isaiah 51:6, Isaiah 51:8, Isaiah 56:1, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 23:6, Daniel 9:24, John 16:9, John 16:10, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 2 Peter 1:1
to establish: Romans 9:31, Romans 9:32, Isaiah 57:12, Isaiah 64:6, Luke 10:29, Luke 16:15, Luke 18:9-12, Galatians 5:3, Galatians 5:4, Philippians 3:9, Revelation 3:17, Revelation 3:18
submitted: Leviticus 26:41, Nehemiah 9:33, Job 33:27, Lamentations 3:22, Daniel 9:6-9, Luke 15:17-21
Reciprocal: Genesis 3:12 - General Deuteronomy 6:25 - General Judges 17:13 - General 1 Samuel 15:20 - Yea 2 Chronicles 12:6 - the Lord Ezra 9:15 - thou art righteous Job 9:30 - General Psalms 36:2 - For he Psalms 40:10 - righteousness Psalms 51:14 - righteousness Psalms 59:10 - let Psalms 69:27 - let them Psalms 98:2 - righteousness Isaiah 43:26 - declare Isaiah 46:13 - bring Isaiah 50:11 - all ye Isaiah 55:2 - do ye Ezekiel 18:25 - way Ezekiel 33:13 - if he Micah 6:6 - Wherewith Malachi 3:7 - Wherein Matthew 5:20 - exceed Matthew 6:33 - his Matthew 18:26 - have Mark 2:18 - Why Luke 5:33 - and make Luke 7:29 - justified Luke 13:24 - for Luke 15:29 - Lo Luke 18:21 - General John 6:29 - This John 16:2 - the time Acts 9:6 - what Acts 22:3 - was Romans 3:21 - righteousness Romans 4:5 - But to Romans 10:2 - but not Romans 11:7 - Israel 2 Corinthians 3:9 - the ministration of righteousness Galatians 1:6 - unto Galatians 2:21 - righteousness Galatians 3:21 - righteousness Galatians 4:21 - ye that Galatians 5:2 - that Ephesians 3:18 - what James 4:7 - Submit
Cross-References
Raise a signal flag to the nations. Sound the battle cry! Mobilize them all against Babylon. Prepare them to fight against her! Bring out the armies of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander, and bring a multitude of horses like swarming locusts!
"From Beth-togarmah came riding horses, chariot horses, and mules, all in exchange for your goods.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For they being ignorant of God's righteousness,.... Either of the righteousness of God revealed in the Gospel, which is no other than the righteousness of Christ, and which they knew nothing of, the whole Gospel being a sealed book, and wholly hidden from them; or of the righteousness of God required in the law, they imagining that only an external conformity to the commands of the law, was all that was necessary to attain to a justifying righteousness by it, not knowing the spirituality of it, and that it required conformity of heart and nature, as well as life and conversation; or rather of the attribute of God's righteousness, the strictness of his justice, the purity and holiness of his nature: for though they knew that he was holy, just, and righteous, yet did not think he was so strict as to insist upon every punctilio, and to take notice of every little default and defect in obedience; and especially that he had any regard to the heart and the thoughts of it, and required perfect purity there or that he would accept of nothing less than an absolutely perfect and complete righteousness; nor justify any without full satisfaction to his justice: hence they were
going about to establish their own righteousness; which they would never have done, had they known the righteousness of God, in either of the above senses; the Alexandrian copy, and some others, omit the word "righteousness", and only read, "their own", leaving it to be understood, and which is easily done; and so reads the Vulgate Latin version: by "their own righteousness", as opposed to God's, is meant the righteousness of works, their obedience to the law, an outward conformity to it, an observance of the rituals of it, and a little negative holiness. This they endeavoured to "establish" or "make to stand" in the sight of God, as their justifying righteousness, which is all one as setting chaff and stubble, briers and thorns, to a consuming fire; as the attempt expresses madness in them, the phrase suggests weakness in their righteousness, which they would fain make to stand, but could not, it being like a spider's web before the besom, or like a dead carcass, which men would set upon its feet to stand alone, but it cannot; than which nothing can be a greater instance of egregious folly: their "going about" or "seeking" to do this, shows their ignorant zeal, and the toil, the pains, the labour they used to effect it, but all in vain, and to no purpose; as appears by their hearing, reading, fasting, praying, giving alms to the poor, and tithes of all they possessed; all which they were very careful and studious of, and especially to have them done in the sight of men: and so it was that they
have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God; that is, the righteousness of Christ, so called, because approved and accepted of by God, imputed by him to his people, and given them by him as a free gift, and which only justifies in his sight; and because it is wrought by Christ, who is truly and properly God, and revealed and applied by the Spirit of God. This the Jews submitted not to, because they had no true humble sense of themselves as sinners, nor did they care to acknowledge themselves as such; which submission to Christ's righteousness requires and necessarily involves in it; no man will ever be subject to it, till he is made sensible of the exceeding sinfulness of sin, and brought to an humble acknowledgment of it; the Spirit of God first convinces of sin and then of righteousness; and because they had an overweening opinion of their own righteousness, which they trusted to, and depended upon, imagining it to be blameless, and to contain all that the law required, and therefore they stood in no need of any other; and as for the righteousness of Christ they had it in contempt, their carnal minds being enmity to him, were not subject to his righteousness, nor could they, nor can any be, without the powerful efficacious grace of God, making them willing in the day of his power. This phrase denotes the rebellion of their wills, against Christ and his righteousness, they acting as rebellious subjects against their sovereign prince.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For they being ignorant - The ignorance of the Jews was voluntarily, and therefore criminal. The apostle does not affirm that they could not have known what the plan of God was; for he says Romans 10:18-21 that they had full opportunity of knowing. An attentive study of their own Scriptures would have led them to the true knowledge of the Messiah and his righteousness; see John 5:39; compare Isaiah 53:1-12, etc. Yet the fact that they were ignorant, though not an excuse, is introduced here, doubtless, as a mild and mitigating circumstance, that should take off the severity of what he might appear to them to be saying; 1 Timothy 1:13, “But I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief;” Luke 23:34, “Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do;” Acts 7:60. Involuntary ignorance excuses from guilt; but ignorance produced by our sin or our indolence is no excuse for crime.
Of God’s righteousness - Not of the personal holiness of God, “but of God’s plan of justifying people, or of declaring them righteous by faith in his Son;” see the note at Romans 1:17. Here God’s plan stands opposed to their efforts to make themselves righteous by their own works.
And seeking to establish ... - Endeavoring to confirm or make valid their own righteousness; to render it such as to constitute a ground of justification before God; or to make good their own claims to eternal life by their merits. This stands opposed to the justification by grace, or to God’s plan. And they must ever be opposed. This was the constant effort of the Jews; and in this they supposed they had succeeded. see Paul’s experience in Philippians 3:4-6; Acts 26:5. Instances of their belief on this subject occur in all the gospels, where our Saviour combats their notions of their own righteousness. See particularly their views and evasions exposed in Matthew 23:0; compare Matthew 5:20, etc.; Matthew 6:2-5. It was this which mainly opposed the Lord Jesus and his apostles; and it is this confidence in their own righteousness, which still stands in the way of the progress of the gospel among people.
Have not submitted themselves - Confident in their own righteousness. they have nor yielded their hearts to a plan which requires them to come confessing that they have no merit, and to be saved by the merit of another. No obstacle to salvation by grace is so great as the self-righteousness of the sinner.
Righteousness of God - His plan or scheme of justifying people.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Romans 10:3. For - being ignorant of God's righteousness — Not knowing God's method of saving sinners, which is the only proper and efficient method: and going about to establish their own righteousness - seeking to procure their salvation by means of their own contriving; they have not submitted - they have not bowed to the determinations of the Most High, relative to his mode of saving mankind, viz. through faith in Jesus Christ, as the only available sacrifice for sin - the end to which the law pointed.
