Romans 9:29-31

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁹And as Isaiah predicted,

‘If the Lord of hosts had not left survivors^[a] 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; ³¹but Israel, who did strive for the righteousness that is based on the law, did not succeed in fulfilling that law.

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Romans 9:29 Or descendants; Gk seed

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)

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