¹⁶ But not all the Israelites accepted the good news.^(A) For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”^[a](B)

³ What if some were unfaithful?^(A) Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness?^(B)

³⁸ This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet:

³⁹ For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:

² For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed.^[a](A)

⁸ He will punish^(A) those who do not know God^(B) and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.^(C)

⁷ You were running a good race.^(A) Who cut in on you^(B) to keep you from obeying the truth?

⁸ and,

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.^(B)

⁸ By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance,^(A) obeyed and went,^(B) even though he did not know where he was going.