14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him (A)of whom they have never heard?[a] And how are they to hear (B)without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, (C)“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 16 But (D)they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, (E)“Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 17 So (F)faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

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  1. Romans 10:14 Or him whom they have never heard

Israel’s Rejection of the Message

14 But how can they call on Him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about Him?(A) And how can they hear without a preacher?(B) 15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful[a] are the feet of those[b] who announce the gospel of good things!(C)[c] 16 But all did not obey the gospel.(D) For Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our message?(E)[d] 17 So faith comes from what is heard,(F) and what is heard comes through the message about Christ.[e](G)

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  1. Romans 10:15 Or welcome, or timely
  2. Romans 10:15 Other mss read feet of those who announce the gospel of peace, of those
  3. Romans 10:15 Is 52:7; Nah 1:15
  4. Romans 10:16 Is 53:1
  5. Romans 10:17 Other mss read God