1. Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for Israel is for their salvation.
2. For I testify about them that they have zeal for God—but not based on knowledge.
3. For being ignorant of God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit themselves to the righteousness of God.
4. For Messiah is the goal of the Torah as a means to righteousness for everyone who keeps trusting.
5. For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on Torah, “The man who does these things shall live by them.”