1. Brethren, the pleasure indeed of my heart, and my supplication that [is] to God for Israel, is--for salvation;
2. for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge,
3. for not knowing the righteousness of God, and their own righteousness seeking to establish, to the righteousness of God they did not submit.
4. For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing,
5. for Moses doth describe the righteousness that [is] of the law, that, `The man who did them shall live in them,'
6. and the righteousness of faith doth thus speak: `Thou mayest not say in thine heart, Who shall go up to the heaven,' that is, Christ to bring down?
7. or, `Who shall go down to the abyss,' that is, Christ out of the dead to bring up.
8. But what doth it say? `Nigh thee is the saying--in thy mouth, and in thy heart:' that is, the saying of the faith, that we preach;