Romans 9:30

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

Shall

Romans 9:14

Romans 3:5

The gentiles

Followed

Romans 9:31

1 Timothy 6:11

Even the righteousness

General references

Matthew 19:30

Mark 10:31

Bible References

Shall

Then are we to infer that there is injustice in God? Never!

But if our iniquity thus serves to bring out the justice of God, what are we to infer? That it is unfair of God to inflict his anger on us? (I speak in a merely human way.)

The gentiles

But God's anger is revealed from heaven against all the impiety and wickedness of those who hinder the Truth by their wickedness.

He only got circumcision as a sign or seal of the righteousness which belonged to his faith as an uncircumcised man. The object of this was to make him the father of all who believe as uncircumcised persons and thus have righteousness counted to them,

And then Isaiah dares to say, I have been found by those who never sought me, I have shown myself to those who never inquired of me.

What! do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the Realm of God? Make no mistake about it; neither the immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor catamites nor sodomites

Now in the Lord I insist and protest that you must give up living like pagans; for their purposes are futile,

It is quite enough to have done as pagans choose to do, during the time gone by! You used to lead lives of sensuality, lust, carousing, revelry, dissipation and illicit idolatry,

Followed

whereas Israel who did aim at the law of righteousness have failed to reach that law.

Shun that, O man of God, aim at integrity, piety, faith, love, stedfastness, and suavity;

Even the righteousness

God's righteousness is revealed in it by faith and for faith ??as it is written, Now by faith shall the righteous live.

but it is a righteousness of God which comes by believing in Jesus Christ. And it is meant for all who have faith. No distinctions are drawn.

Now is that description of bliss meant for the circumcised, or for the uncircumcised as well? Abraham's faith, I repeat, was counted to him as righteousness.

As we are justified by faith, then, let us enjoy the peace we have with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

for with his heart man believes and is justified, with his mouth he confesses and is saved.

Besides, Scripture anticipated God's justification of the Gentiles by faith when it announced the gospel beforehand to Abraham in these terms: All nations shall be blessed in thee.

for it is by faith that 'we' wait in the Spirit for the righteousness we hope for;

and be found at death in him, possessing no legal righteousness of my own but the righteousness of faith in Christ, the divine righteousness that rests on faith.

It was by faith that Noah, after being told by God what was still unseen, reverently constructed an ark to save his household; thus he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that follows faith.

General references

Many who are first shall be last, and many who are last shall be first.

Many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first."