pursue,” in a metaphorical sense, “to seek after eagerly, earnestly endeavor to acquire.” This the Jews were doing but in the wrong way, by works. “Attained” is katalambanō (καταλαμβανω), “to lay hold of so as to make one’s own, to appropriate, take possession of.” Concerning the repetition of the word “righteousness,” Denney says; “The repetition of ‘righteousness’ is striking: it is the one fundamental conception on which Paul’s gospel rests; the questions at issue between him and the Jews were