Romans

Romans 10:3

³Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Because	γὰρ	gar	Conjunction	G1063 for
they were ignorant	ἀγνοοῦντες	agnoountes	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural	G50 I do not know, am ignorant of
of God’s	Θεοῦ	Theou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G2316 God, a god
righteousness	δικαιοσύνην	dikaiosynēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G1343 justice, justness, righteousness
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
sought	ζητοῦντες	zētountes	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural	G2212 I seek, search for, desire
to establish	στῆσαι	stēsai	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G2476 I cause to stand, stand
own	ἰδίαν	idian	Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular	G2398 one's own, private, personal
they did not submit	ὑπετάγησαν	hypetagēsan	Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural	G5293 I place under, subject to
to	τῇ	tē	Article - Dative Feminine Singular	G3588 the
God’s	Θεοῦ	Theou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G2316 God, a god
righteousness	δικαιοσύνῃ	dikaiosynē	Noun - Dative Feminine Singular	G1343 justice, justness, righteousness

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