Romans 10:2

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Summary

Romans 10:2

For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

I bear them

2 Corinthians 8:3

Galatians 4:15

Colossians 4:13

That they

But not

Philippians 1:9

General references

Judges 17:13

Isaiah 57:12

Luke 18:21

Bible References

I bear them

For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they gave of their own accord,

Where then is that sense of blessing you had? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.

For I testify for him that he has a deep concern for you and for those who are in Laodicea and Hierapolis.

That they

He said, “Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord.” So he made him ride in his chariot.

They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.

And when they heard it they began glorifying God; and they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law;

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under Gamaliel,

strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today.

“So then, I thought to myself that I had to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions.

They eagerly seek you, not commendably, but they wish to shut you out so that you will seek them.

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.

But not

For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

but Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.

Do all the workers of wickedness not know,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the Lord?

Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge,
And he who hurries

his footsteps errs.

In that day the Lord will punish

Leviathan the fleeing serpent,

With His fierce and great and mighty sword,
Even Leviathan the twisted serpent;
And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.

in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,

General references

Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, seeing I have a Levite as priest.”

“I will declare your righteousness and your deeds,
But they will not profit you.

And he said, “All these things I have kept from my youth.”