Romans 15:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ but as it is written, “Those who have never been told of him shall see, and those who have never heard of him shall understand.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: And they that have not heard shall understand.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ But [instead I would act on the principle] as it is written, They shall see who have never been told of Him, and they shall understand who have never heard [of Him]. [Isa. 52:15.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ but, as it is written, They shall see, to whom no tidings of him came, And they who have not heard shall understand.

Common English Bible

²¹ Instead, as it’s written, “Those who hadn’t been told about him will see, and those who hadn’t heard will understand”.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ but just as it was written: "Those to whom he was not announced shall perceive, and those who have not heard shall understand."

Romans 15:21 Cross References

Isaiah 52:15

so he shall startle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths because of him, for that which had not been told them they shall see, and that which they had not heard they shall contemplate.

Isaiah 65:1

I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask, to be 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.

Mark 12:10

Have you not read this scripture: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;