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

1 Timothy 6:11

Even the righteousness

General references

Matthew 19:30

Mark 10:31

Bible References

Shall

What, then, shall we say? unrighteousness is with God? let it not be!

And, if our unrighteousness God's righteousness doth establish, what shall we say? is God unrighteous who is inflicting the wrath? (after the manner of a man I speak)

The gentiles

for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness.

and a sign he did receive of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith in the uncircumcision, for his being father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for the righteousness also being reckoned to them,

and Isaiah is very bold, and saith, 'I was found by those not seeking Me; I became manifest to those not inquiring after Me;'

I have been inquired of by those who asked not, I have been found by those who sought Me not, I have said, 'Behold Me, behold Me,' Unto a nation not calling in My name.

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

that ye were at that time apart from Christ, having been alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and without God, in the world;

This, then, I say, and I testify in the Lord; ye are no more to walk, as also the other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind,

for sufficient to us is the past time of life the will of the nations to have wrought, having walked in lasciviousnesses, desires, excesses of wines, revellings, drinking-bouts, and unlawful idolatries,

Followed

and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive;

An abomination to Jehovah is the way of the wicked, And whoso is pursuing righteousness He loveth.

Whoso is pursuing righteousness and kindness, Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

Hearken unto Me, ye pursuing righteousness, Seeking Jehovah, Look attentively unto the rock -- ye have been hewn, And unto the hole of the pit -- ye have been digged.

and thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness;

Even the righteousness

For the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it hath been written, 'And the righteous one by faith shall live,'

and the righteousness of God is through the faith of Jesus Christ to all, and upon all those believing, -- for there is no difference,

Is this happiness, then, upon the circumcision, or also upon the uncircumcision -- for we say that the faith was reckoned to Abraham -- to righteousness?

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

for with the heart doth one believe to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation;

and the Writing having foreseen that by faith God doth declare righteous the nations did proclaim before the good news to Abraham --

for we by the Spirit, by faith, a hope of righteousness do wait for,

not having my righteousness, which is of law, but that which is through faith of Christ -- the righteousness that is of God by the faith,

By faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did prepare an ark to the salvation of his house, through which he did condemn the world, and of the righteousness according to faith he became heir.

General references

and many first shall be last, and last first.

and many first shall be last, and the last first.'