Romans 10:20

New Century Version

Then Isaiah is bold enough to say: “I was found by those who were not asking me for help. I made myself known to people who were not looking for me.”

Cross References

Proverbs 28:1

Evil people run even though no one is chasing them, but good people are as brave as a lion.

Isaiah 49:6

Now he told me, “You are an important servant to me to bring back the tribes of Jacob, to bring back the people of Israel who are left alive. But, more importantly, I will make you a light for all nations to show people all over the world the way to be saved.”

Isaiah 52:15

But now he will surprise many nations. Kings will be amazed and shut their mouths. They will see things they had not been told about him, and they will understand things they had not heard.”

Isaiah 58:1

The Lord says, “Shout out loud. Don’t hold back. Shout out loud like a trumpet. Tell my people what they have done against their God; tell the family of Jacob about their sins.

Matthew 20:16

“So those who are last now will someday be first, and those who are first now will someday be last.”

Luke 14:23

The master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes, and urge the people there to come so my house will be full.

Romans 10:3

Because they did not know the way that God makes people right with him, they tried to make themselves right in their own way. So they did not accept God’s way of making people right.

Romans 9:30

So what does all this mean? Those who are not Jews were not trying to make themselves right with God, but they were made right with God because of their faith.

Romans 9:31

The people of Israel tried to follow a law to make themselves right with God. But they did not succeed,

1 John 4:19

We love because God first loved us.