Romans 15:21

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Rather, as it is written: 'Those who were not told about Him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.'

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  • Isa 52:15 : 15 so he will startle many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand.
  • Isa 65:1 : 1 I offered myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. I said, 'Here I am! Here I am!' to a nation that did not call on my name.

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  • Rom 15:18-20
    3 verses
    77%

    18I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done.

    19By the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.

    20It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.

  • 1 Cor 14:21
    76%

    21In the Law it is written: 'By people of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me,' says the Lord.

  • Rom 10:14-20
    7 verses
    76%

    14How then can they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching?

    15And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of peace, who bring the good news of good things!”

    16But not all have obeyed the Gospel. For Isaiah says, 'Lord, who has believed our message?'

    17So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of God.

    18But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: 'Their voice has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.'

    19But I ask, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: 'I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation; with a foolish nation, I will make you angry.'

    20And Isaiah is very bold and says: 'I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.'

  • Acts 28:26
    75%

    26'Go to this people and say, "You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive."'

  • Matt 13:13-14
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    13That is why I speak to them in parables, because although they see, they do not see; and although they hear, they do not hear or understand.

    14In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: 'You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive.'

  • Rom 15:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.

    23But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you,

  • Isa 52:15
    72%

    15so he will startle many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand.

  • Heb 4:2
    71%

    2For we have also received the good news, just as they did. But the message they heard did not benefit them, because it was not united with faith in those who heard it.

  • Mark 4:12
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    12"So that, 'Though they see, they may see and not perceive; and though they hear, they may hear and not understand; otherwise they might turn back and be forgiven.'

  • Rom 11:8
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    8As it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day."

  • 1 Cor 2:9
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    9But as it is written: What no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and what has not entered the human heart—God has prepared these things for those who love Him.

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast in work already done in another person's area.

  • Acts 28:28
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    28Therefore, let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!

  • Acts 15:17
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    17so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, including all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord, who does these things'

  • Matt 13:17
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    17Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

  • 1 Cor 1:21
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    21For since in God’s wisdom the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

  • Rom 1:13
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    13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but was prevented until now), in order that I might have some fruit among you, just as I have among the other Gentiles.

  • Matt 11:15
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    15He who has ears, let him hear.

  • Ps 19:3
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    3Day after day they pour forth speech, and night after night they reveal knowledge.

  • John 12:38
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    38This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said: "Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

  • Isa 6:9
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    9And He said, "Go, and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.’

  • Jer 5:21
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    21Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

  • 1 Cor 9:21
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    21To those without the law, I became like one without the law (not being without God’s law but under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.

  • Acts 15:15
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    15The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:

  • Heb 4:6
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    6Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who previously had the good news proclaimed to them did not enter because of disobedience,

  • Luke 8:10
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    10And He said, "The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to others, I speak in parables so that, ‘Though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

  • Rom 16:25
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    25Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past.

  • Ezek 3:6
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    6You are not sent to many peoples with unintelligible speech or difficult tongues whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.

  • 1 Cor 15:11
    68%

    11Whether then it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

  • Acts 21:22
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    22What should we do? They will certainly hear that you have come.

  • Isa 29:12
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    12Or if the book is handed to someone who cannot read, and they are told, 'Read this, please,' they answer, 'I do not know how to read.'

  • Luke 10:24
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    24For I tell you, many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

  • 1 Cor 14:9
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    9In the same way, unless you speak intelligible words through your tongue, how will anyone understand what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.

  • Rom 15:9
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    9And so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: 'Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing praises to Your name.'

  • John 15:21
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    21But they will do all these things to you because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me.

  • John 12:40-41
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    40"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they would not see with their eyes or understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them."

    41Isaiah said these things because he saw His glory and spoke about Him.

  • Rom 9:6
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    6It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

  • 1 Cor 14:2
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    2For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, because no one understands; they speak mysteries by the Spirit.

  • Isa 42:20
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    20You have seen many things, but you do not observe them; your ears are open, but you do not listen.