Romans Chapter 10
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asv (asv) - eBible.org engASV USFM
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our adoption,
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to wit, the redemption of our body.
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For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?
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But if we hope for that which we see not,
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then do we with patience wait for it.
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And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for
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us with groanings which cannot be uttered;
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and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to
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the will of God.
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And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good,
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even to them that are called according to
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his purpose.
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For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained
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to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:
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and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
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What then shall we say to these things? If God
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is for us, who
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is against us?
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He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?
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Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth;
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who is he that condemneth? It is Christ Jesus that died, yea rather, that was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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Brethren, the delight of my own heart and my supplication which [I address] toGod for them is for salvation.
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For I bear them witness that they have zeal forGod, but not according to knowledge.
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For they, being ignorant ofGod's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own [righteousness], have not submitted to the righteousness ofGod.
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For Christ is [the] end of law for righteousness to every one that believes.
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For Moses lays down in writing the righteousness which is of the law, The man who has practised those things shall live by them.
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But the righteousness of faith speaks thus: Do not say in thine heart, Who shall ascend to the heavens? that is, to bring Christ down;
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or, Who shall descend into the abyss? that is, to bring up Christ from among [the] dead.
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But what says it? The word is near thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach:
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that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thine heart thatGod has raised him from among [the] dead, thou shalt be saved.
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For with [the] heart is believed to righteousness; and with [the] mouth confession made to salvation.
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For the scripture says, No one believing on him shall be ashamed.
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For there is no difference of Jew and Greek; for the same Lord of all [is] rich towards all that call upon him.
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For every one whosoever, who shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved.
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How then shall they call upon him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe on him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without one who preaches?
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and how shall they preach unless they have been sent? according as it is written, How beautiful the feet of them that announce glad tidings of peace, of them that announce glad tidings of good things!
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But they have not all obeyed the glad tidings. For Esaias says, Lord, who has believed our report?
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So faith then [is] by a report, but the report byGod's word.
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But I say, Have they not heard? Yea, surely, Their voice has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the extremities of the habitable world.
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But I say, Has not Israel known? First, Moses says, I will provoke you to jealousy through [them that are] not a nation: through a nation without understanding I will anger you.
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But Esaias is very bold, and says, I have been found by those not seeking me; I have become manifest to those not inquiring after me.
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But unto Israel he says, All the day long I have stretched out my hands unto a people disobeying and opposing.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Fratres, voluntas quidem cordis mei, et obsecratio ad Deum, fit pro illis in salutem.
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Testimonium enim perhibeo illis quod æmulationem Dei habent, sed non secundum scientiam.
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Ignorantes enim iustitiam Dei, et suam quærentes statuere, iustitiæ Dei non sunt subiecti.
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Finis enim legis, Christus, ad iustitiam omni credenti.
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Moyses enim scripsit, quoniam iustitiam, quæ ex lege est, qui fecerit homo, vivet in ea.
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Quæ autem ex fide est iustitia, sic dicit: Ne dixeris in corde tuo: quis ascendet in cælum? id est, Christum deducere:
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aut quis descendet in abyssum? hoc est, Christum a mortuis revocare.
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Sed quid dicit Scriptura? Prope est verbum in ore tuo, et in corde tuo: hoc est verbum fidei, quod prædicamus.
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Quia si confitearis in ore tuo Dominum Iesum, et in corde tuo credideris quod Deus illum suscitavit a mortuis, salvus eris.
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Corde enim creditur ad iustitiam: ore autem confessio fit ad salutem.
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Dicit enim Scriptura: Omnis, qui credit in illum, non confundetur.
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Non enim est distinctio Iudæi, et Græci: nam idem Dominus omnium, dives in omnes, qui invocant illum.
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Omnis enim, quicumque invocaverit nomen Domini, salvus erit.
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Quomodo ergo invocabunt, in quem non crediderunt? Aut quomodo credent ei, quem non audierunt? Quomodo autem audient sine prædicante?
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Quomodo vero prædicabunt nisi mittantur? sicut scriptum est: Quam speciosi pedes evangelizantium pacem, evangelizantium bona!
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Sed non omnes obediunt Evangelio. Isaias enim dicit: Domine quis credidit auditui nostro?
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Ergo fides ex auditu, auditus autem per verbum Christi.
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Sed dico: Numquid non audierunt? Et quidem in omnem terram exivit sonus eorum, et in fines orbis terræ verba eorum.
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Sed dico: Numquid Israel non cognovit? Primus Moyses dicit: Ego ad æmulationem vos adducam in non gentem: in gentem insipientem, in iram vos mittam.
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Isaias autem audet, et dicit: Inventus sum a non quærentibus me: palam apparui iis, qui me non interrogabant.
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Ad Israel autem dicit: Tota die expandi manus meas ad populum non credentem, et contradicentem.
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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Brothers, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God is for Israel, that they may be saved.
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For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
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For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
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For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
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For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, “The one who does them will live by them.”
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But the righteousness which is of faith says this, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down);
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or, ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)”
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But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart;” that is, the word of faith which we preach:
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that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
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For with the heart one believes resulting in righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made resulting in salvation.
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For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.”
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For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him.
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For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
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How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?
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And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!”
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But they didn’t all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”
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So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
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But I say, didn’t they hear? Yes, most certainly, “Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
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But I ask, didn’t Israel know? First Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation. I will make you angry with a nation void of understanding.”
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Isaiah is very bold and says, “I was found by those who didn’t seek me. I was revealed to those who didn’t ask for me.”
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But about Israel he says, “All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”
wh1881 (wh1881) - Westcott-Hort Greek NT 1881 eBible USFM
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αδελφοι η μεν ευδοκια της εμης καρδιας και η δεησις προς τον θεον υπερ αυτων εις σωτηριαν
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μαρτυρω γαρ αυτοις οτι ζηλον θεου εχουσιν αλλ ου κατ επιγνωσιν
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αγνοουντες γαρ την του θεου δικαιοσυνην και την ιδιαν ζητουντες στησαι τη δικαιοσυνη του θεου ουχ υπεταγησαν
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τελος γαρ νομου χριστος εις δικαιοσυνην παντι τω πιστευοντι
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μωυσης γαρ γραφει οτι την δικαιοσυνην την εκ νομου ο ποιησας ανθρωπος ζησεται εν αυτη
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η δε εκ πιστεως δικαιοσυνη ουτως λεγει μη ειπης εν τη καρδια σου τις αναβησεται εις τον ουρανον τουτ εστιν χριστον καταγαγειν
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η τις καταβησεται εις την αβυσσον τουτ εστιν χριστον εκ νεκρων αναγαγειν
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αλλα τι λεγει εγγυς σου το ρημα εστιν εν τω στοματι σου και εν τη καρδια σου τουτ εστιν το ρημα της πιστεως ο κηρυσσομεν
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οτι εαν ομολογησης το ρημα εν τω στοματι σου οτι κυριος ιησους και πιστευσης εν τη καρδια σου οτι ο θεος αυτον ηγειρεν εκ νεκρων σωθηση
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καρδια γαρ πιστευεται εις δικαιοσυνην στοματι δε ομολογειται εις σωτηριαν
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λεγει γαρ η γραφη πας ο πιστευων επ αυτω ου καταισχυνθησεται
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ου γαρ εστιν διαστολη ιουδαιου τε και ελληνος ο γαρ αυτος κυριος παντων πλουτων εις παντας τους επικαλουμενους αυτον
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πας γαρ ος αν επικαλεσηται το ονομα κυριου σωθησεται
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πως ουν επικαλεσωνται εις ον ουκ επιστευσαν πως δε πιστευσωσιν ου ουκ ηκουσαν πως δε ακουσωσιν χωρις κηρυσσοντος
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πως δε κηρυξωσιν εαν μη αποσταλωσιν καθαπερ γεγραπται ως ωραιοι οι ποδες των ευαγγελιζομενων αγαθα
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αλλ ου παντες υπηκουσαν τω ευαγγελιω ησαιας γαρ λεγει κυριε τις επιστευσεν τη ακοη ημων
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αρα η πιστις εξ ακοης η δε ακοη δια ρηματος χριστου
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αλλα λεγω μη ουκ ηκουσαν μενουνγε εις πασαν την γην εξηλθεν ο φθογγος αυτων και εις τα περατα της οικουμενης τα ρηματα αυτων
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αλλα λεγω μη ισραηλ ουκ εγνω πρωτος μωυσης λεγει εγω παραζηλωσω υμας επ ουκ εθνει επ εθνει ασυνετω παροργιω υμας
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ησαιας δε αποτολμα και λεγει ευρεθην τοις εμε μη ζητουσιν εμφανης εγενομην τοις εμε μη επερωτωσιν
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προς δε τον ισραηλ λεγει ολην την ημεραν εξεπετασα τας χειρας μου προς λαον απειθουντα και αντιλεγοντα
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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Brethren, the pleasure indeed of my heart, and my supplication that <FI>is<Fi> to God for Israel, is--for salvation;
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for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge,
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for not knowing the righteousness of God, and their own righteousness seeking to establish, to the righteousness of God they did not submit.
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For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing,
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for Moses doth describe the righteousness that <FI>is<Fi> of the law, that, `The man who did them shall live in them,'
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and the righteousness of faith doth thus speak: `Thou mayest not say in thine heart, Who shall go up to the heaven,' that is, Christ to bring down?
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or, `Who shall go down to the abyss,' that is, Christ out of the dead to bring up.
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But what doth it say? `Nigh thee is the saying--in thy mouth, and in thy heart:' that is, the saying of the faith, that we preach;
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that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,
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for with the heart doth <FI>one<Fi> believe to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation;
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for the Writing saith, `Every one who is believing on him shall not be ashamed,'
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for there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord of all <FI>is<Fi> rich to all those calling upon Him,
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for every one--whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.'
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How then shall they call upon <FI>him<Fi> in whom they did not believe? and how shall they believe <FI>on him<Fi> of whom they did not hear? and how shall they hear apart from one preaching?
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and how shall they preach, if they may not be sent? according as it hath been written, `How beautiful the feet of those proclaiming good tidings of peace, of those proclaiming good tidings of the good things!'
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But they were not all obedient to the good tidings, for Isaiah saith, `Lord, who did give credence to our report?'
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so then the faith <FI>is<Fi> by a report, and the report through a saying of God,
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but I say, Did they not hear? yes, indeed--`to all the earth their voice went forth, and to the ends of the habitable world their sayings.'
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But I say, Did not Israel know? first Moses saith, `I will provoke you to jealousy by <FI>that which is<Fi> not a nation; by an unintelligent nation I will anger you,'
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and Isaiah is very bold, and saith, `I was found by those not seeking Me; I became manifest to those not inquiring after Me;'
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and unto Israel He saith, `All the day I did stretch out My hands unto a people unbelieving and gainsaying.'
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Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
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