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ForγὰρI testifyμαρτυρῶabout themαὐτοῖςthatὅτιthey haveἔχουσινa zealζῆλονfor God,θεοῦbutἀλλ’notοὐaccording toκατ’knowledge.ἐπίγνωσιν
Romans 10:2
Study it in the app“For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 10:2, word by word
- I testifyμαρτυρῶmartyrō
testify
To tell what one knows or has seen.
Where else “martyrō” appears- they haveἔχουσινechousin
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echousin” appears- a zealζῆλονzēlon
zeal
A burning desire for something or someone.
Where else “zēlon” appears- for Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- knowledgeἐπίγνωσινepignōsin
knowledge
Knowledge: full knowledge of something or of someone, recognition.
Where else “epignōsin” appears
The context
1Brothers, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation.
2 · This verse (above)
3For, not knowing the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to the righteousness of God.
To study Romans 10 in a group
1. What it says
What questions does Paul ask in vv. 14-15 about how people come to believe?
2. What it means
What does Paul want to show with that chain of questions (calling, believing, hearing, preaching, sending)? (vv. 14-15)
3. How I live it
Who made the good news known to you? How can you share something good with someone this week?