Romans 9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
English “not” emboldened in Romans 9:30 was translated from Greek particle of qualified negation 3361 me which is a particle of qualified negation while Greek negative particle 3756 ou is a particle of absolute negation. Greek negative particle 3361 me was 486 times translated into “not”. Greek negative particle 3756 ou was 1,210 times translated into “not” so distinguishing between the two is an integral part of understanding the bible. Greek particle 3361 me of qualified negation emboldened in Romans 9:30 which in that context is predicated upon Greek feminine noun 1343 dikaiosune which means right itself, but only when in union with God’s definition of right. There is one God. There are 4,351 world religions subsequent to 4,351 different definitions of right. Greek qualified negative particle 3361 me appears 486 times in the bible often immediately preceded by Greek conjunction 1487 ei synonymous with English “if” which is usually ignored in English idiom so we need to study all the Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament words from whence the English words came. The Greek words in Romans 9:30 describes and qualifies God’s “seven thousand” “election” as being made right per God’s definition of right during this earth age and “the rest” will be made right per God’s definition of right during the “thousand years” “Lord’s day” that will occur between this earth age and the eternal age that follows. God will undoubtedly expound on this more while explaining Romans 9:30-33.
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