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"but Israel even though pursuing a law of righteousness did not attain it."
— Romans 9:31, NET Bible
“But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.”
“but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law. ”
“but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn't arrive at the law of righteousness.”
“But Israel, by following after the law of justice, is not come unto the law of justice.”
“But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it.”
“But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.”
for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth completely and quickly.”
Just as Isaiah predicted,“If the Lord of Heaven’s Armies had not left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, and we would have resembled Gomorrah.”
Israel’s Rejection Culpable What shall we say then?– that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,
but Israel even though pursuing a law of righteousness did not attain it.
Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but(as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
just as it is written,“Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble and a rock that will make them fall, yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.”