DB1 | Israel and the Gospel Ro.9.30-10.4 | NEB Contents | notes| 9 | New English Bible (New Testament) | Passage | New Testament in Greek (UBS.Ed.26) |
| 30 | Then what are we to say? That Gentiles, who made no effort after righteousness, nevertheless achieved it, a righteousness based on faith; | Israel and the Gospel Ro.9.30-10.4 | Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν; ὅτι ἐθνη τὰ μὴ διώκοντα δικαιοσύνην κατέλαβεν δικαιοσύνην, δικαιοσύνην δὲ τὴν ἐκ πίστεως· |
| 31 | whereas Israel made great efforts after a law of righteousness, but never attained to it. | Ἰσραὴλ δὲ διώκων νόμον δικαιοσύνης εἰς νόμον οὐκ ἐφθασεν. | |
| 32 | Why was this? Because their efforts were not based on faith, but (as they supposed) on deeds. They stumbled over the 'stone' | διὰ τί; ὅτι οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως ἀλλ' ὡς ἐξ ἐργων· προσέκοψαν τῷ λίθῳ τοῦ προσκόμματος, | |
| 33 | mentioned in Scripture: 'Here I lay in Zion a stone to trip over, a rock to stumble against; but he who has faith in him will not be put to shame.' | - Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone Ro.9.33 | Is.28.16 | καθὼς γέγραπται, Ἰδοὺ τίθημι ἐν Σιὼν λίθον προσκόμματος καὶ πέτραν σκανδάλου, |