2For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. …
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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.…
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