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1 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved.
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Brethren, the pleasure indeed of my heart, and my supplication that [is] to God for Israel, is -- for salvation;
2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.
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for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge,
3 Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
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for not knowing the righteousness of God, and their own righteousness seeking to establish, to the righteousness of God they did not submit.
4 Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
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For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing,
5 Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”
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for Moses doth describe the righteousness that [is] of the law, that, `The man who did them shall live in them,'
6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down)
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and the righteousness of faith doth thus speak: `Thou mayest not say in thine heart, Who shall go up to the heaven,' that is, Christ to bring down?
7 “or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).
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or, `Who shall go down to the abyss,' that is, Christ out of the dead to bring up.
8 But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim:
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But what doth it say? `Nigh thee is the saying -- in thy mouth, and in thy heart:' that is, the saying of the faith, that we preach;
9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
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that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,
10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
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for with the heart doth [one] believe to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation;
11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”
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for the Writing saith, `Every one who is believing on him shall not be ashamed,'
12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him,
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for there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord of all [is] rich to all those calling upon Him,
13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
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for every one -- whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.'
14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?
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How then shall they call upon [him] in whom they did not believe? and how shall they believe [on him] of whom they did not hear? and how shall they hear apart from one preaching?
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!”
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and how shall they preach, if they may not be sent? according as it hath been written, `How beautiful the feet of those proclaiming good tidings of peace, of those proclaiming good tidings of the good things!'
16 But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
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But they were not all obedient to the good tidings, for Isaiah saith, `Lord, who did give credence to our report?'
17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.
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so then the faith [is] by a report, and the report through a saying of God,
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.”
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but I say, Did they not hear? yes, indeed -- `to all the earth their voice went forth, and to the ends of the habitable world their sayings.'
19 Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says, “I will make you envious by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.”
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But I say, Did not Israel know? first Moses saith, `I will provoke you to jealousy by [that which is] not a nation; by an unintelligent nation I will anger you,'
20 And Isaiah boldly says, “I was found by those who did not seek me; I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.”
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and Isaiah is very bold, and saith, `I was found by those not seeking Me; I became manifest to those not inquiring after Me;'
21 But concerning Israel he says, “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”
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and unto Israel He saith, `All the day I did stretch out My hands unto a people unbelieving and gainsaying.'
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