Romans 10:4-7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Romans 10:1-11

The scope of the apostle in this part of the chapter is to show the vast difference between the righteousness of the law and the righteousness of faith, and the great pre-eminence of the righteousness of faith above that of the law; that he might induce and persuade the Jews to believe in Christ, aggravate the folly and sin of those that refused, and justify God in the rejection of such refusers. I. Paul here professes his good affection to the Jews, with the reason of it (Rom. 10:1, 2), where... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Romans 10:1-13

10:1-13 Brothers, the desire of my heart for the Jews and my prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. I do say this for them--that they do have a zeal for God, but it is not a zeal which is based on a real knowledge. For they do not realize that a man can only achieve the status of righteousness by God's gift, and they seek to establish their own status, and so they have not submitted themselves to that power of God which alone can make them righteous in his sight. For Christ is the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 10:4

For Christ is the end of the law ,.... The apostle here observes that to them which had they known, would have regulated their zeal, removed their ignorance and set them right, in that which they stumbled at, and fell. By the "law" here, is not meant the ceremonial law, of which, indeed, they were all very zealous, and of which Christ also was the end in many respects; he was the final cause of it, or that for the sake of which it was; it had not been given had it not been for him; all its... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 10:5

For. Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law ,.... In this, and some following verses, an account is given of the two righteousnesses before mentioned, called their own and the righteousness of God; and that chiefly in the words of Moses, which is wisely done by the apostle, he and his writings being in great esteem among the Jews. The description he gives of the righteousness of the law, that is, righteousness which the law requires, and is done in obedience to its commands,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 10:6-7

But the righteousness which is of faith ,.... Or "with respect to the righteousness of faith"; the other righteousness before called the righteousness of God, because God is the author of it, here the righteousness of faith, because that receives it, speaketh on this wise ; the selfsame writer who describes the righteousness of the law in such a manner, that it gives no room to a fallen creature ever to expect life and salvation by it, gives such an account of the righteousness of faith,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 10:4

For Christ is the end of the law - Where the law ends, Christ begins. The law ends with representative sacrifices; Christ begins with the real offering. The law is our schoolmaster to lead us to Christ; it cannot save, but it leaves us at his door, where alone salvation is to be found. Christ as an atoning sacrifice for sin, was the grand object of the whole sacrificial code of Moses; his passion and death were the fulfillment of its great object and design. Separate this sacrificial death... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 10:5

For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law - The place to which the apostle refers, seems to be Leviticus 18:5 ; : Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments; which if a man do, he shall live in them. These words seem to be spoken in answer to an objection which might be made by a Jew: "Did not Moses give us a law, the observance of which should secure our salvation?" Such a law Moses undoubtedly gave, and that law promises life to those who perform its precepts:... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 10:6

But the righteousness which is of faith - As it is most evident that there can be no justification by works, as all are sinful and all in a guilty state; if God will grant salvation at all, it must be by faith: but faith must have an object and a reason for its exercise; the object is Jesus Christ - the reason is the infinite merit of his passion and death. Who shall ascend unto heaven? etc. - As Christ is the end of the law for justification to every one that believes, no observance of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 10:4

Verse 4 4. For the end of the law is Christ, etc. The word completion, (321) seems not to me unsuitable in this place; and [Erasmus ] has rendered it perfection: but as the other reading is almost universally approved, and is not inappropriate, readers, for my part, may retain it. The Apostle obviates here an objection which might have been made against him; for the Jews might have appeared to have kept the right way by depending on the righteousness of the law. It was necessary for him to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 10:5

Verse 5 5.For Moses, etc. To render it evident how much at variance is the righteousness of faith and that of works, he now compares them; for by comparison the opposition between contrary things appears more clear. But he refers not now to the oracles of the Prophets, but to the testimony of Moses, and for this reason, — that the Jews might understand that the law was not given by Moses in order to detain them in a dependence on works, but, on the contrary, to lead them to Christ. He might... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Romans 10:1-11

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Romans 10:1-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 10:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 10:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 10:6-7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 10:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 10:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 10:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 10:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 10:5

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