Parallel Verses
NET Bible
For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.
New American Standard Bible
For I testify about them that they have
King James Version
For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
Holman Bible
I can testify about them that they have zeal for God,
International Standard Version
For I can testify on their behalf that they have a zeal for God, but it is not in keeping with full knowledge.
A Conservative Version
For I testify to them that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
American Standard Version
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Amplified
For I testify about them that they have a certain enthusiasm for God, but not in accordance with [correct and vital] knowledge [about Him and His purposes].
An Understandable Version
For I can testify that they have an enthusiasm for God, but it is without [true] knowledge.
Anderson New Testament
For I testify for them, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Bible in Basic English
For I give witness of them that they have a strong desire for God, but not with knowledge.
Common New Testament
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but it is not according to knowledge.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for I bear them witness, that they have a zeal for God, but not guided by true knowledge.
Darby Translation
For I bear them witness that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Godbey New Testament
For I testify to them, that they have a zeal of God, but not according to perfect knowledge;
Goodspeed New Testament
I can testify to their sincere devotion to God, but it is not an intelligent devotion.
John Wesley New Testament
For I bear them record, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Julia Smith Translation
For I testify for them that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
King James 2000
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Modern King James verseion
For I bear record to them that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For I bear them record, that they have a fervent mind to Godward, but not according to knowledge.
Moffatt New Testament
I can vouch for their zeal for God; only, it is not zeal with knowledge.
Montgomery New Testament
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, only it is a zeal without knowledge.
New Heart English Bible
For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Noyes New Testament
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Sawyer New Testament
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God but not according to knowledge;
The Emphasized Bible
For I bear them witness that they have, a zeal for God, - but not according to correct knowledge;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For I am a witness for them, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Twentieth Century New Testament
I can testify that they are zealous for the honor of God; but they are not guided by true insight,
Webster
For I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
Weymouth New Testament
For I bear witness that they possess an enthusiasm for God, but it is an unenlightened enthusiasm.
Williams New Testament
For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but they are not intelligently so.
World English Bible
For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Worrell New Testament
For I testify for them, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge;
Worsley New Testament
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Youngs Literal Translation
for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge,
Themes
Bigotry » Instances of » In zeal
Religion » Characteristics of » Legalism
Religious zeal » Without knowledge
Interlinear
Martureo
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 10:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Righteousness Of God Through Faith In Christ
1 Brothers and sisters, my heart's desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites is for their salvation. 2 For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth. 3 For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
Cross References
Acts 21:20
When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers of the law.
Proverbs 19:2
It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.
Romans 9:31-32
but Israel even though pursuing a law of righteousness did not attain it.
Philippians 1:9
And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight
2 Kings 10:16
Jehu said, "Come with me and see how zealous I am for the Lord's cause." So he took him along in his chariot.
Psalm 14:4
All those who behave wickedly do not understand -- those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to the Lord.
Acts 21:28
shouting, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!"
Acts 22:3
"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated with strictness under Gamaliel according to the law of our ancestors, and was zealous for God just as all of you are today.
Acts 22:22
The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, "Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!"
Acts 26:9-10
Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
Romans 10:3
For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
2 Corinthians 4:4
among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said "Let light shine out of darkness," is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.
2 Corinthians 8:3
For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily,
Galatians 1:14
I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
Galatians 4:15
Where then is your sense of happiness now? For I testify about you that if it were possible, you would have pulled out your eyes and given them to me!
Galatians 4:17-18
They court you eagerly, but for no good purpose; they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly.
Philippians 3:6
In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.
Colossians 4:13
For I can testify that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and Hierapolis.
Isaiah 27:1
At that time the Lord will punish with his destructive, great, and powerful sword Leviathan the fast-moving serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent; he will kill the sea monster.
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogue, yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God.