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Brethren, the longing of my heart, and my prayer to God, on behalf of my countrymen is for their salvation.

ἡ hē “the”τῆς tēs “<the>”ἡ hē “the”ἡ hē “they [are]”τὸν ton “<the>”τοῦ tou “<the>”

Ignorant of the righteousness which God provides and building their hopes upon a righteousness of their own, they have refused submission to God's righteousness.

τὴν tēn “the”τοῦ tou “<the>”τὴν tēn “the”τῇ tēa “to the”τοῦ tou “<the>”

For as a means of righteousness Christ is the termination of Law to every believer.

τῷ tō “who”

Moses says that he whose actions conform to the righteousness required by the Law shall live by that righteousness.

τὴν tēn “[of] the”τὴν tēn “that [is]”τοῦ tou “the”ὁ ho “The”

But the righteousness which is based on faith speaks in a different tone. "Say not in your heart," it declares, "`Who shall ascend to Heaven?'" --that is, to bring Christ down;

Ἡ Hē “The”τῇ tēa “the”τὸν ton “<the>”

"nor `Who shall go down into the abyss?'" --that is, to bring Christ up again from the grave.

τὴν tēn “the”

But what does it say? "The Message is close to you, in your mouth and in your heart;" that is, the Message which we are publishing about the faith--

τὸ to “the”τῷ tō “the”τῇ tēa “the”τὸ to “the”τῆς tēs “<the>”

that if with your mouth you confess Jesus as Lord and in your heart believe that God brought Him back to life, you shall be saved.

τὸ to “the”τῷ tō “the”τῇ tēa “the”ὁ ho “<the>”

The Scripture says, "No one who believes in Him shall have reason to feel ashamed."

ἡ hē “the”ὁ ho “who”

Jew and Gentile are on precisely the same footing; for the same Lord is Lord over all, and is infinitely kind to all who call upon Him for deliverance.

ὁ ho “<the>”τοὺς tous “those”

For "every one, without exception, who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."

τὸ to “the”

And how are men to preach unless they have been sent to do so? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings of good!"

οἱ hoi “the”τῶν tōn “of those”τῶν tōn “of those”τὰ ta “the”

But, some will say, they have not all hearkened to the Good News. No, for Isaiah asks, "Lord, who has believed the Message they have heard from us?"

τῷ tō “the”τῇ tēa “the”

And this proves that faith comes from a Message heard, and that the Message comes through its having been spoken by Christ.

ἡ hē “<the>”ἡ hē “<the>”

But, I ask, have they not heard? Yes, indeed: "To the whole world the preachers' voices have sounded forth, and their words to the remotest parts of the earth."

τὴν tēn “the”ὁ ho “the”τὰ ta “the”τῆς tēs “of the”τὰ ta “the”

And Isaiah, with strange boldness, exclaims, "I have been found by those who were not looking for Me, I have revealed Myself to those who were not inquiring of Me."

τοῖς tois “those”τοῖς tois “those”

While as to Israel he says, "All day long I have stretched out My arms to a self-willed and fault-finding people."

τὸν ton “<the>”τὴν tēn “the”τὰς tas “the”

I ask then, Has God cast off His People? No, indeed. Why, I myself am an Israelite, of the posterity of Abraham and of the tribe of Benjamin.

ὁ ho “<the>”τὸν ton “the”

God has not cast off His People whom He knew beforehand. Or are you ignorant of what Scripture says in speaking of Elijah--how he pleaded with God against Israel, saying,

ὁ ho “<the>”τὸν ton “the”ἡ hē “the”τῷ tō “<the>”τοῦ tou “<the>”

"Lord, they have put Thy Prophets to death, and have overthrown Thy altars; and, now that I alone remain, they are thirsting for my blood"?

τοὺς tous “the”τὰ ta “the”τὴν tēn “the”

But what did God say to him in reply? "I have reserved for Myself 7,000 men who have never bent the knee to Baal."

ὁ ho “the”τῇ tēa “<the>”

In the same way also at the present time there has come to be a remnant whom God in His grace has selected.

τῷ tō “the”

But if it is in His grace that He has selected them, then His choice is no longer determined by human actions. Otherwise grace would be grace no longer.

ἡ hē “<the>”τὸ to “the”

How then does the matter stand? It stands thus. That which Israel are in earnest pursuit of, they have not obtained; but God's chosen servants have obtained it, and the rest have become hardened.

ἡ hē “<the>”οἱ hoi “The”

And so Scripture says, "God has given them a spirit of drowsiness--eyes to see nothing with and ears to hear nothing with--even until now."

ὁ ho “<the>”τοῦ tou “<the>”τοῦ tou “<the>”τῆς tēs “the”