Romans 10:14–21

¹⁴How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him ^uof whom they have never heard?³ And how are they to hear ^vwithout someone preaching? ¹⁵And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ^w“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” ¹⁶But ^xthey have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, ^y“Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” ¹⁷So ^zfaith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

¹⁸But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for

^a“Their voice has gone out ^bto all the earth,

and their words to the ends of the world.”

¹⁹But I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says,

^c“I will ^dmake you jealous of those who are not a nation;

with a ^efoolish nation I will make you angry.”

²⁰Then Isaiah is so bold as to say,

^f“I have been found by those who did not seek me;

I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.”

²¹But of Israel he says, ^g“All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”