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.
הערת לימוד
Study Note
'For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness' — the analysis of Israel's failure in Romans 10:1–4 identifies the root error as a misunderstanding about the nature and source of the righteousness that constitutes covenant standing. The phrase 'God's righteousness' (dikaiosynē theou) is one of the most theologically contested phrases in Paul — interpreted variously as God's own attribute of justice, God's covenant faithfulness, or the right standing God bestows as gift. The contrast between 'God's righteousness' and 'their own' (idian dikaiosynēn) does not imply that Israel was unusually sinful but that they sought to secure covenant status through performance rather than receiving it through the Messiah, who is 'the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes' (verse 4). The verse remains central in the 'new perspective on Paul' debate.
תרגומים נוספים
For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
for not knowing the righteousness of God, and their own righteousness seeking to establish, to the righteousness of God they did not submit.
Because, not having knowledge of God's righteousness, and desiring to give effect to their righteousness, they have not put themselves under the righteousness of God.
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