Romans 10:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.

I say

1 Corinthians 15:50

First

Romans 11:11

1 Peter 2:10

Foolish

Romans 1:21

1 Corinthians 12:2

Titus 3:3

Bible References

I say

But, I ask, have they not heard? Yes, indeed: "To the whole world the preachers' voices have sounded forth, and their words to the remotest parts of the earth."

with a view to demonstrating, at the present time, His righteousness, that He may be shown to be righteous Himself, and the giver of righteousness to those who believe in Jesus.

What I mean is that each of you is a partisan. One man says "I belong to Paul;" another "I belong to Apollos;" a third "I belong to Peter;" a fourth "I belong to Christ."

Yet of this I warn you, brethren: the time has been shortened--so that henceforth those who have wives should be as though they had none,

Do I mean that a thing sacrificed to an idol is what it claims to be, or that an idol is a real thing?

Why, have you no homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you wish to show your contempt for the Church of God and make those who have no homes feel ashamed? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this matter I certainly do not praise you.

But this I tell you, brethren: our mortal bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, nor will what is perishable inherit what is imperishable.

First

I ask, however, "Have they stumbled so as to be finally ruined?" No, indeed; but by their lapse salvation has come to the Gentiles in order to arouse the jealousy of the descendants of Israel;

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. Once you had not found mercy, but now you have.

Foolish

For when they had come to know God, they did not give Him glory as God nor render Him thanks, but they became absorbed in useless discussions, and their senseless minds were darkened.

You know that when you were heathens you went astray after dumb idols, wherever you happened to be led.

For there was a time when we also were deficient in understanding, obstinate, deluded, the slaves of various cravings and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy, hateful ourselves and hating one another.