Rom 9:31-32, 1Cor 3:18-19, 8:2, 2Pe 3:3-5 | ESV | STEP | but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law .

hCited from Job 5:13

i Gal. 6:3; [ch. 3:18]

j[ch. 13:8, 9, 12; 1 Tim. 6:3, 4]

k Jude 18

l ch. 2:10

m Isa. 5:19; Jer. 17:15; Ezek. 11:3; 12:22, 27; Mal. 2:17

nSee 1 Thess. 2:19

o Ps. 24:2; 136:6

p Gen. 1:6, 9; Ps. 33:6; [Heb. 11:3]

Romans 9:31-32

31 but that Israel ^awho pursued a law that would lead to righteousness ^{▼▼Greek a law of righteousness} ^cdid 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 ^dstumbling stone,

1 Corinthians 3:18-19

18 ^eLet no one deceive himself. ^fIf anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 19 For ^gthe wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, ^h“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”

1 Corinthians 8:2

2 ⁱIf anyone imagines that he knows something, ^jhe does not yet know as he ought to know.

2 Peter 3:3-5

3 knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come ^kin the last days with scoffing, ^lfollowing their own sinful desires. 4 ^mThey will say, “Where is the promise of ⁿhis coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” 5 For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth ^owas formed out of water and through water ^pby the word of God,