Romans 9:28-30
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28 for the Lord will bring judgment on the earth, complete and decisive.
29 As Isaiah said in an earlier passage,
If the Lord of hosts had not left us seed,
we would have become like Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah.
Israel, the nations and the Messiah
30 What then shall we say? That the nations, who were not aspiring towards covenant membership, have obtained covenant membership, but it is a covenant membership based on faith.
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Romans 9:28-30
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29 It is just as Isaiah said previously:
“Unless the Lord Almighty(B)
had left us descendants,
we would have become like Sodom,
we would have been like Gomorrah.”[b](C)
Israel’s Unbelief
30 What then shall we say?(D) That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;(E)
Footnotes
- Romans 9:28 Isaiah 10:22,23 (see Septuagint)
- Romans 9:29 Isaiah 1:9
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