which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.”

For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”

God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying,

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.

but now made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, for obedience to the faith—