Roma 9:30

Israel’s Rejection Culpable

9:30 What shall we say then? – that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,

Roma 9:32

9:32 Why not? Because they pursued ¹  it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works. ²  They stumbled over the stumbling stone, ³ 

Roma 12:19

12:19 Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, ⁴  for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” ⁵  says the Lord.

[9:32]  ¹ tn Grk “Why? Because not by faith but as though by works.” The verb (“they pursued [it]”) is to be supplied from the preceding verse for the sake of English style; yet a certain literary power is seen in Paul’s laconic style.

[9:32]  ² tc Most mss, especially the later ones (א² D Ψ 33 Ï sy), read νόμου (nomou, “of the law”) here, echoing Paul’s usage in Rom 3:20, 28 and elsewhere. The qualifying phrase is lacking in א* A B F G 6 629 630 1739 1881 pc lat co. The longer reading thus is weaker externally and internally, being motivated apparently by a need to clarify.

[9:32]  tn Grk “but as by works.”

[9:32]  ³ tn Grk “the stone of stumbling.”

[12:19]  ⁴ tn Grk “the wrath,” referring to God’s wrath as the remainder of the verse shows.

[12:19]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.