¹⁴But before people can ask the Lord for help, they must believe in him; and before they can believe in him, they must hear about him; and for them to hear about the Lord, someone must tell them; ¹⁵and before someone can go and tell them, that person must be sent. It is written, “How beautiful is the person who comes to bring good news.” ⁿ ¹⁶But not all the Jews accepted the good news. Isaiah said, “Lord, who believed what we told them?” ⁿ ¹⁷So faith comes from hearing the Good News, and people hear the Good News when someone tells them about Christ.

¹⁸But I ask: Didn’t people hear the Good News? Yes, they heard—as the Scripture says:

“Their message went out through all the world;

their words go everywhere on earth.”

¹⁹Again I ask: Didn’t the people of Israel understand? Yes, they did understand. First, Moses says:

“I will use those who are not a nation to make you jealous.

I will use a nation that does not understand to make you angry.”

²⁰Then Isaiah is bold enough to say:

“I was found by those who were not asking me for help.

I made myself known to people who were not looking for me.”

²¹But about Israel God says,

“All day long I stood ready to accept

people who disobey and are stubborn.”

Read in Logos

Romans 10:14: How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?

Footnotes

n“How … news.” Quotation from Isaiah 52:7.
n“Lord, … them?” Quotation from Isaiah 53:1.