³⁰What shall we say, then? ^sThat Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, ^ta righteousness that is by faith; ³¹but that Israel ^uwho pursued a law that would lead to righteousness⁴ ^vdid not succeed in reaching that law. ³²Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the ^wstumbling stone, ³³as it is written,

^x“Behold, I am laying in Zion ^ya stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;

^zand whoever believes in him will not be ^aput to shame.”

10Brothers,¹ my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. ²For I bear them witness that ^bthey have a zeal for God, ^cbut not according to knowledge. ³For, being ignorant of ^dthe righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. ⁴For ^eChrist is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.²

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Footnotes

4Greek a law of righteousness
1Or Brothers and sisters
2Or end of the law, that everyone who believes may be justified

Cross references

s[ch. 10:20]
tch. 1:17; 3:21, 22; 10:6; Gal. 2:16; 3:24; Phil. 3:9; Heb. 11:7
u[ch. 10:2, 3; 11:7]
v[Gal. 5:4]
wSee 1 Pet. 2:8
x 1 Pet. 2:6, 7; Cited from Isa. 28:16; [Ps. 118:22]
y Isa. 8:14
zch. 10:11
a Isa. 49:23; Joel 2:26, 27
bSee Acts 21:20
c[ch. 9:31]
dSee ch. 1:17
e[Matt. 5:17; Gal. 3:24]