But again I ask, didn’t Israel understand? First Moses says, “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger.”

For the scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”

And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person’s foundation,

Against hope Abraham believed in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations according to the pronouncement, “so will your descendants be.”

through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God’s glory.

just as it is written, “Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble and a rock that will make them fall, yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.”

For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”

And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope.”