Romans 9:28-30

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁸for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth quickly and decisively.”^[a] ²⁹And as Isaiah predicted,

“If the Lord of hosts had not left survivors^[b] to us,
we would have fared like Sodom
and been made like Gomorrah.”

Israel’s Unbelief

³⁰What then are we to say? Gentiles, who did not strive for righteousness, have attained it, that is, righteousness through faith;

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Footnotes

Romans 9:28 Other ancient authorities read for he will finish his work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make the sentence shortened on the earth
Romans 9:29 Or descendants; Gk seed

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