Romans 15:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But as it is said in the holy Writings, They will see, to whom the news of him had not been given, and those to whose ears it had not come will have knowledge.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 52:15 : 15 So will nations give him honour; kings will keep quiet because of him: for what had not been made clear to them they will see; and they will give their minds to what had not come to their ears.
  • Isa 65:1 : 1 I have been ready to give an answer to those who did not make prayer to me; I have been offering myself to those who were not searching for me; I said, Here am I, here am I, to a nation which gave no respect to my name.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Rom 15:18-20
    3 verses
    77%

    18And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,

    19By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;

    20Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;

  • 1 Cor 14:21
    76%

    21In the law it is said, By men of other tongues and by strange lips will my words come to this people; and not even so will they give ear to me, says the Lord.

  • Rom 10:14-20
    7 verses
    76%

    14But how will they give worship to him in whom they have no faith? and how will they have faith in him of whom they have not had news? and how will they have news without a preacher?

    15And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.

    16But they have not all given ear to the good news. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has had faith in our word?

    17So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

    18But I say, Did not the word come to their ears? Yes, certainly: Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

    19But I say, Had Israel no knowledge? First Moses says, You will be moved to envy by that which is not a nation, and by a foolish people I will make you angry.

    20And Isaiah says without fear, Those who were not searching for me made discovery of me; and I was seen by those whose hearts were turned away from me.

  • Acts 28:26
    75%

    26Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

  • Matt 13:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

    14And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

  • Rom 15:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22For which reason I was frequently kept from coming to you:

    23But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,

  • Isa 52:15
    72%

    15So will nations give him honour; kings will keep quiet because of him: for what had not been made clear to them they will see; and they will give their minds to what had not come to their ears.

  • Heb 4:2
    71%

    2And, truly, the good news came to us, even as it did to them; but the hearing of the word did them no good, because they were not united in faith with the true hearers.

  • Mark 4:12
    71%

    12So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.

  • Rom 11:8
    71%

    8As it was said in the holy Writings, God gave them a spirit of sleep, eyes which might not see, and ears which have no hearing, to this day.

  • 1 Cor 2:9
    71%

    9But as it says in the holy Writings, Things which the eye saw not, and which had not come to the ears or into the heart of man, such things as God has made ready for those who have love for him.

  • 2 Cor 10:16
    71%

    16So that we may be able to go on and take the good news to countries still farther away than you are, and not take credit for another man's work in making things ready to our hand.

  • Acts 28:28
    70%

    28Be certain, then, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will give hearing.

  • Acts 15:17
    70%

    17So that the rest of men may make search for the Lord, and all the Gentiles on whom my name is named,

  • Matt 13:17
    70%

    17For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

  • 1 Cor 1:21
    70%

    21For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.

  • Rom 1:13
    70%

    13You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.

  • Matt 11:15
    70%

    15He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • Ps 19:3
    70%

    3There are no words or language; their voice makes no sound.

  • John 12:38
    69%

    38So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?

  • Isa 6:9
    69%

    9And he said, Go, and say to this people, You will go on hearing, but learning nothing; you will go on seeing, but without getting wiser.

  • Jer 5:21
    69%

    21Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:

  • 1 Cor 9:21
    69%

    21To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.

  • Acts 15:15
    69%

    15And this is in agreement with the words of the prophets, as it is said,

  • Heb 4:6
    69%

    6So that as it is clear that some have to go in, and that the first hearers of the good news were not able to go in because they went against God's orders,

  • Luke 8:10
    69%

    10And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

  • Rom 16:25
    69%

    25Now to him who is able to make you strong in agreement with the good news which I gave you and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in the light of the revelation of that secret which has been kept through times eternal,

  • Ezek 3:6
    68%

    6Not to a number of peoples whose talk is strange and whose language is hard and whose words are not clear to you. Truly, if I sent you to them they would give ear to you.

  • 1 Cor 15:11
    68%

    11If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.

  • Acts 21:22
    68%

    22What then is the position? They will certainly get news that you have come.

  • Isa 29:12
    68%

    12And they give it to one without learning, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I have no knowledge of writing.

  • Luke 10:24
    68%

    24For I say to you that numbers of prophets and kings have had a desire to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to have knowledge of the things which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

  • 1 Cor 14:9
    68%

    9So if you, in using a strange tongue, say words which have no sense, how will anyone take in what you are saying? for you will be talking to the air.

  • Rom 15:9
    68%

    9And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name.

  • John 15:21
    68%

    21They will do all this to you because of my name--because they have no knowledge of him who sent me.

  • John 12:40-41
    2 verses
    68%

    40He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.

    41(Isaiah said these words because he saw his glory. His words were about him.)

  • Rom 9:6
    68%

    6But it is not as if the word of God was without effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel:

  • 1 Cor 14:2
    68%

    2For he who makes use of tongues is not talking to men but to God; because no one has the sense of what he is saying; but in the Spirit he is talking of secret things.

  • Isa 42:20
    68%

    20Seeing much, but keeping nothing in mind; his ears are open, but there is no hearing.