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Romans 10:19 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" But I ask, didn’t Israel know? First Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation. I will make you angry with a nation void of understanding.” "
Romans 10:19
Verse in Context
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17 So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
18 But I say, didn’t they hear? Yes, most certainly, “Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
19 But I ask, didn’t Israel know? First Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation. I will make you angry with a nation void of understanding.”
20 Isaiah is very bold and says, “I was found by those who didn’t seek me. I was revealed to those who didn’t ask for me.”
21 But about Israel he says, “All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”
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Romans 10:1
"Brothers, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God is for Israel, that they may be saved."
Romans 10:2
"For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge."
Romans 10:3
"For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God."
Romans 10:4
"For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes."
Romans 10:5
"For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, “The one who does them will live by them.”"
Romans 10:6
"But the righteousness which is of faith says this, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down);"
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