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PARALLEL BIBLE - Romans 10:3


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King James Bible - Romans 10:3

For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

World English Bible

For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn't subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

Douay-Rheims - Romans 10:3

For they, not knowing the justice of God, and seeking to establish their own, have not submitted themselves to the justice of God.

Webster's Bible Translation

For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God.

Greek Textus Receptus


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VERSE (3) - Ro 9:31,32 Isa 57:12; 64:6 Lu 10:29; 16:15; 18:9-12 Ga 5:3,4 Php 3:9

SEV Biblia, Chapter 10:3

Porque ignorando la justicia de Dios, y procurando establecer la suya propia , no se han sujetado a la justicia de Dios.

Clarke's Bible Commentary - Romans 10:3

Verse 3. For-being ignorant of God's righteousness] Not knowing God's method of saving sinners, which is the only proper and efficient method: and going about to establish their own righteousness-seeking to procure their salvation by means of their own contriving; they have not submitted-they have not bowed to the determinations of the Most High, relative to his mode of saving mankind, viz. through faith in Jesus Christ, as the only available sacrifice for sin-the end to which the law pointed.

John Gill's Bible Commentary

Ver. 3. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness , etc..] Either of the righteousness of God revealed in the Gospel, which is no other than the righteousness of Christ, and which they knew nothing of, the whole Gospel being a sealed book, and wholly hidden from them; or of the righteousness of God required in the law, they imagining that only an external conformity to the commands of the law, was all that was necessary to attain to a justifying righteousness by it, not knowing the spirituality of it, and that it required conformity of heart and nature, as well as life and conversation; or rather of the attribute of God's righteousness, the strictness of his justice, the purity and holiness of his nature: for though they knew that he was holy, just, and righteous, yet did not think he was so strict as to insist upon every punctilio, and to take notice of every little default and defect in obedience; and especially that he had any regard to the heart and the thoughts of it, and required perfect purity there or that he would accept of nothing less than an absolutely perfect and complete righteousness; nor justify any without full satisfaction to his justice: hence they were going about to establish their own righteousness ; which they would never have done, had they known the righteousness of God, in either of the above senses; the Alexandrian copy, and some others, omit the word righteousness, and only read, their own, leaving it to be understood, and which is easily done; and so reads the Vulgate Latin version: by their own righteousness, as opposed to God's, is meant the righteousness of works, their obedience to the law, an outward conformity to it, an observance of the rituals of it, and a little negative holiness. This they endeavoured to establish or make to stand in the sight of God, as their justifying righteousness, which is all one as setting chaff and stubble, briers and thorns, to a consuming fire; as the attempt expresses madness in them, the phrase suggests weakness in their righteousness, which they would fain make to stand, but could not, it being like a spider's web before the besom, or like a dead carcass, which men would set upon its feet to stand alone, but it cannot; than which nothing can be a greater instance of egregious folly: their going about or seeking to do this, shows their ignorant zeal, and the toil, the pains, the labour they used to effect it, but all in vain, and to no purpose; as appears by their hearing, reading, fasting, praying, giving alms to the poor, and tithes of all they possessed; all which they were very careful and studious of, and especially to have them done in the sight of men: and so it was that they have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God ; that is, the righteousness of Christ, so called, because approved and accepted of by God, imputed by him to his people, and given them by him as a free gift, and which only justifies in his sight; and because it is wrought by Christ, who is truly and properly God, and revealed and applied by the Spirit of God. This the Jews submitted not to, because they had no true humble sense of themselves as sinners, nor did they care to acknowledge themselves as such; which submission to Christ's righteousness requires and necessarily involves in it; no man will ever be subject to it, till he is made sensible of the exceeding sinfulness of sin, and brought to an humble acknowledgment of it; the Spirit of God first convinces of sin and then of righteousness; and because they had an overweening opinion of their own righteousness, which they trusted to, and depended upon, imagining it to be blameless, and to contain all that the law required, and therefore they stood in no need of any other; and as for the righteousness of Christ they had it in contempt, their carnal minds being enmity to him, were not subject to his righteousness, nor could they, nor can any be, without the powerful efficacious grace of God, making them willing in the day of his power. This phrase denotes the rebellion of their wills, against Christ and his righteousness, they acting as rebellious subjects against their sovereign prince.

Matthew Henry Commentary

Verses 1-4 - The Jews built on a false foundation, and refused to come to Christ for free salvation by faith, and numbers in every age do the same i various ways. The strictness of the law showed men their need of salvation by grace, through faith. And the ceremonies shadowed fort Christ as fulfilling the righteousness, and bearing the curse of the law. So that even under the law, all who were justified before God obtained that blessing by faith, whereby they were made partakers of the perfect righteousness of the promised Redeemer. The law is no destroyed, nor the intention of the Lawgiver disappointed; but ful satisfaction being made by the death of Christ for our breach of the law, the end is gained. That is, Christ has fulfilled the whole law therefore whoever believeth in him, is counted just before God, as muc as though he had fulfilled the whole law himself. Sinners never coul go on in vain fancies of their own righteousness, if they knew the justice of God as a Governor, or his righteousness as a Saviour.

Greek Textus Receptus


αγνοουντες 50 5723 V-PAP-NPM γαρ 1063 CONJ την 3588 T-ASF του 3588 T-GSM θεου 2316 N-GSM δικαιοσυνην 1343 N-ASF και 2532 CONJ την 3588 T-ASF ιδιαν 2398 A-ASF δικαιοσυνην 1343 N-ASF ζητουντες 2212 5723 V-PAP-NPM στησαι 2476 5658 V-AAN τη 3588 T-DSF δικαιοσυνη 1343 N-DSF του 3588 T-GSM θεου 2316 N-GSM ουχ 3756 PRT-N υπεταγησαν 5293 5648 V-2API-3P

Vincent's NT Word Studies

3. God's righteousness. That mentioned in ix. 30. Compare Philippians iii. 9; Rom. i. 16, 17; iii. 20-22.

To establish (sthsai). Or set up, indicating their pride in their endeavor. They would erect a righteousness of their own as a monument to their own glory and not to God's.

Robertson's NT Word Studies

10:3 {Being ignorant of God's righteousness} (agnoountes tn tou qeou dikaiosunn). A blunt thing to say, but true as Paul has shown in #2:1-3:20. They did not understand the God-kind of righteousness by faith (#1:17). They misconceived it (#2:4). {They did not subject themselves} (ouc hupetagesan). Second aorist passive indicative of hupotassw, common _Koin_ verb, to put oneself under orders, to obey, here the passive in sense of the middle (#Jas 4:7) like apekriqen, I answered.

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