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Romans 10

Rom. 10:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
they being ignorantb of
agnoeo (Greek #50)
not to know (through lack of information or intelligence); by implication, to ignore (through disinclination)
KJV usage: (be) ignorant(-ly), not know, not understand, unknown.
Pronounce: ag-no-eh'-o
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and 3539
God’s
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
righteousness
dikaiosune (Greek #1343)
equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification
KJV usage: righteousness.
Pronounce: dik-ah-yos-oo'-nay
Origin: from 1342
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
going about
zeteo (Greek #2212)
to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)
KJV usage: be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means). Compare 4441.
Pronounce: dzay-teh'-o
Origin: of uncertain affinity
to establish
histemi (Greek #2476)
to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: abide, appoint, bring, continue, covenant, establish, hold up, lay, present, set (up), stanch, stand (by, forth, still, up). Compare 5087.
Pronounce: his'-tay-mee
Origin: a prolonged form of a primary στάω (stah'-o) (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses)
their own
idios (Greek #2398)
pertaining to self, i.e. one's own; by implication, private or separate
KJV usage: X his acquaintance, when they were alone, apart, aside, due, his (own, proper, several), home, (her, our, thine, your) own (business), private(-ly), proper, severally, their (own).
Pronounce: id'-ee-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
righteousness
dikaiosune (Greek #1343)
equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification
KJV usage: righteousness.
Pronounce: dik-ah-yos-oo'-nay
Origin: from 1342
, have
hupotasso (Greek #5293)
to subordinate; reflexively, to obey
KJV usage: be under obedience (obedient), put under, subdue unto, (be, make) subject (to, unto), be (put) in subjection (to, under), submit self unto.
Pronounce: hoop-ot-as'-so
Origin: from 5259 and 5021
not
ou (Greek #3756)
the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not
KJV usage: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.
Pronounce: oo
Origin: οὐκ (ook), and (before an aspirate) οὐχ (ookh) a primary word
submitted themselves
hupotasso (Greek #5293)
to subordinate; reflexively, to obey
KJV usage: be under obedience (obedient), put under, subdue unto, (be, make) subject (to, unto), be (put) in subjection (to, under), submit self unto.
Pronounce: hoop-ot-as'-so
Origin: from 5259 and 5021
unto the righteousness
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
dikaiosune (Greek #1343)
equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification
KJV usage: righteousness.
Pronounce: dik-ah-yos-oo'-nay
Origin: from 1342
of God
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
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Rom. 9:30• 30What then shall we say? That they of the nations, who did not follow after righteousness, have attained righteousness, but the righteousness that is on the principle of faith. (Rom. 9:30)

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God's righteousness."God's method of justification," says Abp. Newcome:
God's method of saving sinners.
Rom. 1:17• 17for righteousness of God is revealed therein, on the principle of faith, to faith: according as it is written, But the just shall live by faith. (Rom. 1:17)
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Rom. 3:22,26• 22righteousness of God by faith of Jesus Christ towards all, and upon all those who believe: for there is no difference;
 26for the shewing forth of his righteousness in the present time, so that he should be just, and justify him that is of the faith of Jesus. (Rom. 3:22,26)
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Rom. 5:19• 19For as indeed by the disobedience of the one man the many have been constituted sinners, so also by the obedience of the one the many will be constituted righteous. (Rom. 5:19)
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Rom. 9:30• 30What then shall we say? That they of the nations, who did not follow after righteousness, have attained righteousness, but the righteousness that is on the principle of faith. (Rom. 9:30)
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Psa. 71:15‑16,19• 15My mouth shall declare thy righteousness, and thy salvation all the day: for I know not the numbers thereof.
 16I will go in the might of the Lord Jehovah; I will recall thy righteousness, thine alone.
 19And thy righteousness, O God, reacheth on high, thou who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee? (Psa. 71:15‑16,19)
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Isa. 51:6,8• 6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
 8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. (Isa. 51:6,8)
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Isa. 56:1• 1Thus saith Jehovah: Keep ye judgment and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. (Isa. 56:1)
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Jer. 23:5‑6• 5Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall reign as king, and act wisely, and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
 6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in safety; and this is his name whereby he shall be called, Jehovah our Righteousness. (Jer. 23:5‑6)
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Dan. 9:24• 24Seventy weeks are apportioned out upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to close the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make expiation for iniquity, and to bring in the righteousness of the ages, and to seal the vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of holies. (Dan. 9:24)
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John 16:9‑10• 9of sin, because they do not believe on me;
 10of righteousness, because I go away to my Father, and ye behold me no longer; (John 16:9‑10)
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2 Cor. 5:21• 21Him who knew not sin he has made sin for us, that *we* might become God's righteousness in him. (2 Cor. 5:21)
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2 Peter 1:1• 1Simon Peter, bondman and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have received like precious faith with us through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ: (2 Peter 1:1)
to establish.
Rom. 9:31‑32• 31But Israel, pursuing after a law of righteousness, has not attained to that law.
 32Wherefore? Because it was not on the principle of faith, but as of works. They have stumbled at the stumblingstone, (Rom. 9:31‑32)
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Isa. 57:12• 12I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; and they shall not profit thee. (Isa. 57:12)
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Isa. 64:6• 6And we are all become as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have carried us away; (Isa. 64:6)
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Luke 10:29• 29But he, desirous of justifying himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour? (Luke 10:29)
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Luke 16:15• 15And he said to them, *Ye* are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God. (Luke 16:15)
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Luke 18:9‑12• 9And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest of men, this parable:
 10Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer.
 11The Pharisee, standing, prayed thus to himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer.
 12I fast twice in the week, I tithe everything I gain. (Luke 18:9‑12)
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Gal. 5:3‑4• 3And I witness again to every man who is circumcised, that he is debtor to do the whole law.
 4Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated from him, as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace. (Gal. 5:3‑4)
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Phil. 3:9• 9and that I may be found in him, not having my righteousness, which would be on the principle of law, but that which is by faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God through faith, (Phil. 3:9)
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Rev. 3:17‑18• 17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that *thou* art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked;
 18I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white garments, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see. (Rev. 3:17‑18)
submitted.
Lev. 26:41• 41so that I also walked contrary unto them, and brought them into the land of their enemies. If then their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity, (Lev. 26:41)
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Neh. 9:33• 33But thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast acted according to truth, and we have done wickedly. (Neh. 9:33)
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Job 33:27• 27He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me; (Job 33:27)
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Lam. 3:22• 22It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not; (Lam. 3:22)
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Dan. 9:6‑9• 6And we have not hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, who spoke in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
 7Thine, O Lord, is the righteousness, but unto us confusion of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, in all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their unfaithfulness in which they have been unfaithful against thee.
 8O Lord, unto us is confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
 9With the Lord our God are mercies and pardons, for we have rebelled against him; (Dan. 9:6‑9)
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Luke 15:17‑21• 17And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and *I* perish here by famine.
 18I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;
 19I am no longer worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
 20And he rose up and went to his own father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him with kisses.
 21And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee; I am no longer worthy to be called thy son. (Luke 15:17‑21)
• The righteousness of God has to do with how He has taken up the question of sin at the cross and has settled it for His own glory and for the blessing of all who would believe. The Jews, sad to say, did not see this in Christ's death. (“The Responsibility of Man Israel's Present Rejection: Romans 10” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For they, being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.

W. Kelly Translation

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For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own [righteousness], they have not submitted to the righteousness of God.