American Standard Version
Romans 10:4
4For Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to every one that believeth.
Romans 10:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
- New International Version (NIV)Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
Context of Romans 10:4
2For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to every one that believeth. 5For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby. 6But the righteousness which is of faith saith thus, Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down:)
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Cross-references for Romans 10:4
- Romans 3:25whom God set forth to be a propitiation, through faith, in his blood, to show his righteousness because of the passing over of the sins done aforetime, in the forbearance of God;
- Romans 8:3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
- Isaiah 53:11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities.
- Matthew 3:15But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.
- Matthew 5:17Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.
- John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- Acts 13:38Be it known unto you therefore, brethren, that through this man is proclaimed unto you remission of sins:
- 1 Corinthians 1:30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
- Galatians 3:24So that the law is become our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
- Colossians 2:10and in him ye are made full, who is the head of all principality and power:
- Hebrews 9:7but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offereth for himself, and for the errors of the people:
- Hebrews 10:8Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings andsacrificesfor sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein (the which are offered according to the law),
Commentaries on Romans 10:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4For Christ is the end of the law - Where the law ends, Christ begins. The law ends with representative sacrifices; Christ begins with the real offering. The law is our schoolmaster to lead us to Christ; it cannot save, but it leaves us at his door, where alone salvation is to be found. Christ as an atoning sacrifice for sin, was the grand object of the whole sacrificial code of Moses; his passion and death were the fulfillment of its great object and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For Christ - This expression implies faith in Christ. This is the design of the discussion, to show that justification cannot be obtained by our own righteousness, but by faith in Christ. As no direct benefit results to people from Christ unless they believe on him, faith in him is implied where the word occurs in this connection. Is the end of the law - The word translated “end” means what completes a thing, or renders it perfect; also the boundary…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The function of the law was to point forward and prepare the way for the Messiah, God's chosen one. The coming of Jesus does not destroy the law but fulfills all of its requirements, so that the primary requirement for God’s people is to believe in him (see 3:31; Matthew 5:17–18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. For Christ is the end--the object or aim. of the law for--justifying righteousness to every one that believeth--that is, contains within Himself all that the law demands for the justification of such as embrace Him, whether Jew or Gentile (Ga 3:24).Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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