Source Scripture
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Romans 10:1-4
1Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
2For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
3For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Question in context
Romans 10 contrasts self-established righteousness with the righteousness of YAHUAH. The curated context study reads the Greek goal language in harmony with Paul's statements that faith establishes the law and that the law is holy.
What the passage itself says
- Paul's concern is zeal without knowledge and an attempt to establish one's own righteousness.
- Messiah is presented in relation to righteousness for everyone who believes, not as making righteousness or YAHUAH's instruction evil.
- The meaning of end must remain consistent with Paul's direct statements elsewhere that faith establishes the law and that the commandment is good.
Immediate and confirming witnesses
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- Immediate explanation: Romans 10:3,5-8
The context contrasts self-established righteousness with YAHUAH's righteousness and then continues to quote Torah positively. - Lexical usage: 1 Timothy 1:5
Paul says the end of the commandment is love, where end plainly means intended goal rather than termination. - Prophetic purpose: Isaiah 42:21
The prophetic purpose of Messiah is to magnify the law and make it honorable. - Apostolic confirmation: Romans 3:31
Paul's explicit rule is that faith establishes the law rather than voiding it.
Related Words in Context
Continue with these related Scripture studies.
- Romans 10:4: End Means Goal, Not Cancellation
Messiah is the goal and fullness of the law, not the destroyer of it.