Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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1 My brothers, how I wish with
all my heart that my own
people might be saved! How I pray
to God for them!
2 I can assure you
that they are deeply devoted to God;
but their devotion is not based on
true knowledge.
3 They have not
known the way in which God puts
people right with himself, and instead,
they have tried to set up their
own way; and so they did not submit
themselves to God's way of putting
people right.
4 For Christ has
brought the Law to an end, so that
everyone who believes is put right
with God.
Salvation Is for All
5 Moses wrote this about being
put right with God by obeying the
Law: “Whoever obeys the commands
of the Law will live.” note
6 But
what the scripture says about being
put right with God through faith is
this: “You are not to ask yourself,
Who will go up into heaven?” (that
is, to bring Christ down).
7 “Nor are
you to ask, Who will go down into
-- --
the world below?” (that is, to bring
Christ up from death).
8 What it says
is this: “God's message is near you,
on your lips and in your heart”—
that is, the message of faith that we
preach. note
9 If you confess that Jesus is
Lord and believe that God raised
him from death, you will be saved.
10 For it is by our faith that we are
put right with God; it is by our confession
that we are saved.
11 The
scripture says, “Whoever believes in
him will not be disappointed.” note
12 This
includes everyone, because there is
no difference between Jews and
Gentiles; God is the same Lord of all
and richly blesses all who call to
him.
13 As the scripture says, “Everyone
who calls out to the Lord for
help will be saved.” note
14 But how can they call to him for
help if they have not believed? And
how can they believe if they have
not heard the message? And how
can they hear if the message is not
proclaimed?
15 And how can the
message be proclaimed if the messengers
are not sent out? As the
scripture says, “How wonderful is
the coming of messengers who bring
good news!” note
16 But not all have accepted
the Good News. Isaiah himself
said, “Lord, who believed our
message?” note
17 So then, faith comes
from hearing the message, and the
message comes through preaching
Christ.
18 But I ask: Is it true that they did
not hear the message? Of course
they did—for as the scripture says:
“The sound of their voice went out to all the world;
their words reached the ends of the earth.” note
19 Again I ask: Did the people of Israel
not understand? Moses himself
is the first one to answer:
“I will use a so-called nation
to make my people jealous;
and by means of a nation of fools
I will make my people angry.” note
20 And Isaiah is even bolder when he
says,
“I was found by those who were not looking for me;
I appeared to those who were not asking for me.” note
21 But concerning Israel he says, “All
day long I held out my hands to welcome
a disobedient and rebellious
people.” note
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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