“But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down) “or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in […]
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Righteousness Based on the Law
“For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.” -Romans 10:5 Here Paul begins to explain his assertion in verse 4, that Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes by contrasting two approaches to attaining […]
The End of the Law is Christ
“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.” -Romans 10:4 What Paul means by “Christ is the end of the law” (Χριστὸς τέλος νὀμος) is strikingly profound but simple. He is the telos, the goal, the target at which the law points all men. This is so that righteousness […]
The High Value of Righteousness of God
“For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.” -Romans 10:3 As has been shown, zeal without knowledge had lead the Jews to miss the mark of God’s righteousness. Instead of submitting to God’s revelation of himself in Christ Jesus, the Jews tried […]
Zeal Without Knowledge
“Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.” -Romans 10:1–2 Paul further testifies that while the Jews failed to believe on Christ and did not attain the righteousness of God, […]
That Israel May Be Saved
“Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.” -Romans 10:1 Paul concludes this part of his argument—that the Jews failed to obtain the righteousness of God at no fault of the Covenant but at the fault of their unbelief—with an inclusio. An inclusio is a literary device […]
Believers Will Not Be Put To Shame
“Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone, as it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”” -Romans […]
Faith Not Works
“What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law. Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it […]
What the Gentiles Have Attained
“What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;” -Romans 9:30 Paul uses a Jewish idiom, pursue righteousness, in contrasting the standing of the Gentiles with the standing of the Jews. This means we should not understand Paul to be saying […]
Her Who Was Not Beloved God Has Called Beloved
“As indeed he says in Hosea, “Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’ ” “And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’ ” And Isaiah […]