The Gentiles Have Attained It
Romans 9:30
“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
Paul uses a Jewish idiom, pursue righteousness, in contrasting the standing of the Gentiles with the standing of the Jews. This means we should not understand Paul to be saying that Gentiles didn’t ever pursu…
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