Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
I am sought
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Bible References
I am sought
Romans 9:24
even us whom He has called, not only from among the Jews but from among the heathen too?
Romans 10:20
Then Isaiah was bold enough to say: "I have been found by a people who were not searching for me; I have made known myself to people who were not asking to know me."
Ephesians 2:12
At that time you were without any connection with Christ; you were aliens to the commonwealth of Israel, strangers to the sacred compacts made by God's promise, with no hope, and no God in the world.
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1 Peter 2:10
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once His mercy had not been shown you, but now it has.
General references
Romans 9:16
So one's destiny does not depend on his own willing or strenuous actions but on God's having mercy on him.
Romans 15:21
but, as the Scripture says: "They will see who were never told of Him, and they will understand who have not heard."