15 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 10:15 Isaiah 52:7

15 And how can people preach unless they are sent? As it is written,(A) “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring [the] good news!”[a]

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  1. 10:15 How beautiful are the feet of those who bring [the] good news: in Semitic fashion, the parts of the body that bring the messenger with welcome news are praised; cf. Lk 11:27.

15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

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15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How timely[a] is the arrival[b] of those who proclaim the good news.”[c]

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  1. Romans 10:15 tn The word in this context seems to mean “coming at the right or opportune time” (see BDAG 1103 s.v. ὡραῖος 1); it may also mean “beautiful, attractive, welcome.”
  2. Romans 10:15 tn Grk “the feet.” The metaphorical nuance of “beautiful feet” is that such represent timely news.
  3. Romans 10:15 sn A quotation from Isa 52:7; Nah 1:15.