s: Whoever believes
on him shall not be put to shame. (12)For there is no difference
between Jew and Greek; for the same is Lord of all, rich toward all
that call upon him; (13)for every one who shall call upon the name of
the Lord shall be saved.

(14)How then shall they call on him on whom they believed not? And how
shall they believe on him of whom they heard not? And how shall they
hear without a preacher? (15)And how shall they preach, unless they
are sent forth? As it is written:

How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings of peace,
Who bring glad tidings of good things!

(16)But they did not all hearken to the glad tidings. For Isaiah says:
Lord, who believed our report? (17)So then faith comes of hearing, and
hearing by the word of God.

(18)But I say, did they not hear? Yes verily;

Their sound went forth into all the earth,
And their words unto the ends of the world.

(19)But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says:

I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are no people,
By a foolish nation I will move you to anger.

(20)But Isaiah is very bold, and says:

I was found by those who sought me not;
I became manifest to those who asked not after me.

(21)But of Israel he says:

All the day long, I stretched forth my hands,
To a disobedient and gainsaying people.

XI.

I SAY then, did God cast away his people? Far be it! For I also am an
Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. (2)God
did not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Know ye not what the
Scripture says in the story of Elijah; how he pleads with God against
Israel, saying: (3)Lord they killed thy prophets, and digged down
thine altars; and I was left alone, and they seek my life. (4)But what
says the answer of God to him? I reserved to myself seven thousand
men, who bowed not the knee to Baal.

(5)Even so then, at this present time also, there is a remnant
according to the election of grace. (6)And if by grace, it is no
longer of works; otherwise, grace becomes no longer grace. [11:6][But
if of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise, work is no longer
work.]

(7)What then? What Israel seeks after, that he obtained not; but the
election obtained it, and the rest were hardened. (8)According as it
is written: God gave them a spirit of slumber, eyes that they should
not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this day. (9)And
David says: