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Romans 10:2

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For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.

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Jehu said, “Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord.” Then he had him ride along in his chariot.

Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on the Lord.

Desire without knowledge is not good— how much more will hasty feet miss the way!

In that day, the Lord will punish with his sword— his fierce, great and powerful sword— Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster of the sea.

They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.

When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.

shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He’s not fit to live!”

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I studied under Gamaliel and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.

Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved.

Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.

For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own,

I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

Where, then, is your blessing of me now? I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.

I vouch for him that he is working hard for you and for those at Laodicea and Hierapolis.




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