WHY THE GENTILE BUT NOT THE JEW ACCEPTED BY GOD

What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law. Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone.

Their zeal for the law blinded them to the law-giver, as Romans 10:3 says, “For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.” This is an old theme in the history of Israel, as the Old Testament can attest.

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