16 [a]But they have not [b]all obeyed the Gospel: for Isaiah saith, (A)Lord, who hath believed our report?

17 [c]Then faith is by hearing, and hearing by the [d]word of God.

18 [e]But I demand, Have they not heard? (B)No doubt their sound went out through all the earth, and their words into the ends of the world.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 10:16 Wheresover faith is, there is also the word, but not contrariwise, wheresoever the word is, there is faith also: for many refuse and reject the word.
  2. Romans 10:16 He speaketh this because of the Jews.
  3. Romans 10:17 A conclusion of the former gradation: we must ascend from faith, to our vocation, as by our vocation we came to the testimony of our election.
  4. Romans 10:17 By God’s Commandment.
  5. Romans 10:18 An objection: If calling be a testimony of election, were not the Jews called? why should I not … that, saith the Apostle, seeing that there is no nation which hath not been called? much less can I say, that the Jews were not called.

16 But not all the Israelites accepted the good news.(A) For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”[a](B) 17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message,(C) and the message is heard through the word about Christ.(D) 18 But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did:

“Their voice has gone out into all the earth,
    their words to the ends of the world.”[b](E)

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  1. Romans 10:16 Isaiah 53:1
  2. Romans 10:18 Psalm 19:4

16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

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