Rom 9:31 | RWP | e4.org | Did not arrive at that law ( εις νομον ουκ εφθασεν ). First aorist active indicative of φθανω , old verb to anticipate ( ), now just to arrive as here and . The word "that" is not in the Greek. Legal righteousness Israel failed to reach, because to do that one had to keep perfectly all the law.

‏ Romans 9:31

Did not arrive at that law ( εις νομον ουκ εφθασεν ). First aorist active indicative of φθανω, old verb to anticipate (1Th 4:15), now just to arrive as here and 2Co 10:14. The word "that" is not in the Greek. Legal righteousness Israel failed to reach, because to do that one had to keep perfectly all the law.