Romans 9:30 - Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

Romans 9:30

28 For¹ He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness,
^aBecause the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”

29 And as Isaiah said before:
^a“Unless the Lord of¹ Sabaoth had left us a seed,
^bWe would have become like Sodom,
And we would have been made like Gomorrah.”

Present Condition of Israel

30 What shall we say then? ^aThat Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, ^beven the righteousness of faith;

31 but Israel, ^apursuing the law of righteousness, ^bhas not attained to the law of righteousness.

32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were,¹ by the works of the law. For ^athey stumbled at that stumbling stone.

33 As it is written:
^a“Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense,
And ^bwhoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Romans 9:30

Attained (katelaben). Second aorist active indicative of katalambanw, old verb, to grasp, to seize, to overtake (carrying out the figure in diwkw (to pursue). It was a curious paradox.

Which is of faith (thn ek pistewv). As Paul has repeatedly shown, the only way to get the God-kind of righteousness.

Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Romans 9:30:

Romans 4:1
Romans 10:2
Romans 10:20
Romans 11:7
Philippians 3:12

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