Romans 9:29-31

New International Reader's Version

²⁹Earlier Isaiah had said,

“The Lord who rules over all
left us children and grandchildren.
If he hadn’t, we would have become like Sodom.
We would have been like Gomorrah.” (Isaiah 1:9)

Israel Does Not Believe

³⁰What should we say then? Gentiles did not look for a way to be right with God. But they found it by having faith. ³¹The people of Israel tried to obey the law to make themselves right with God. But they didn’t reach their goal of being right with God.

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Romans 9:29-31

New International Version

²⁹It is just as Isaiah said previously:

“Unless the Lord Almighty^(A)
had left us descendants,
we would have become like Sodom,
we would have been like Gomorrah.”^[a]^(B)

Israel’s Unbelief

³⁰What then shall we say?^(C) That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;^(D) ³¹but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness,^(E) have not attained their goal.^(F)