ACC ~ Romans 9 v31

PURSUIT LACKING FULFILLMENT. ORIGEN: Israel pursued the law of righteousness according to the letter but did not fulfill the law. What law? No doubt the law of the Spirit. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

FAITH FULFILLS THE LAW. AMBROSIASTER: Faith is the fulfilling of the law. It is because the Gentiles have faith that they appear to fulfill the whole law. But the Jews, who out of envy did not believe in the Savior, because they claimed the righteousness which is commanded in the law, i.e., the sabbath, circumcision, etc., did not come to the law. In other words, they did not fulfill the law, and those who do not fulfill the law are guilty of it. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

PELAGIUS: Paul explains once again why the Jews did not find righteousness. Having wrongly gloried in their works they refused to believe and rejected grace on the ground that they were righteous already. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

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