What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

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 was made

And he said, It is too small a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved ones of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation unto the ends of the earth.

So shall he startle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.

So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many are called, but few chosen.

Go you therefore into the highways, and as many as you shall find, bid to the marriage.

And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

We love him, because he first loved us.