Rom 9:30-32, 10:2-3, 2Cor 5:17, Phili 3:9 | ESV | STEP | What shall we say , then ? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is , a righteousness that is by faith ;

Romans 9:30-32

Israel’s Unbelief

30 What shall we say, then? ^aThat Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, ^ba righteousness that is by faith; 31 but that Israel ^cwho pursued a law that would lead to righteousness ^{▼▼Greek a law of righteousness} ^edid not succeed in reaching that law. 32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the ^fstumbling stone,

Romans 10:2-3

2 For I bear them witness that ^gthey have a zeal for God, ^hbut not according to knowledge. 3 For, being ignorant of ⁱthe righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

2 Corinthians 5:17

17 Therefore, if anyone is ^jin Christ, he is ^ka new creation. ^{▼▼Or creature} ^mThe old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Philippians 3:9

9 and be found in him, not having ⁿa righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but ^othat which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—