Because what Isaiah said was true: “The one who trusts in Him will not be disgraced.”[e] 12 Remember
that the Lord draws no distinction between Jew and non-Jew—He is Lord
over all things, and He pours out His treasures on all who invoke His
name 13 because as Scripture says, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”[f] 14 How can people invoke His name when they do not believe? How can they believe in Him when they have not heard? How can they hear if there is no one proclaiming Him? 15 How can some give voice to the truth if they are not sent by God? As Isaiah said, “Ah, how beautiful the feet of those who declare the good news of victory, of peace and liberation.”[g] 16 But some will hear the good news and refuse to submit to the truth they hear. Isaiah the prophet also says, “Lord, who would ever believe it? Who would possibly accept what we’ve been told?”[h] 17 So faith proceeds from hearing, as we listen to the message about God’s Anointed. 18 But let me ask this: have my people ever heard? Indeed, they have: Yet from here to the ends of the earth, their voice has gone out; 19 But again let me ask: did Israel perhaps hear and not understand all of this? Well, Moses was the first to say, I will make you jealous with a people who are not a nation. 20 Then Isaiah the fearless prophet says it this way: I was found by people who did not seek Me; 21 And as to the fate of Israel, God says, All day long I opened My hands |
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