The ungodly [man] flees when no one pursues, but the righteous is confident as a lion.

Cry aloud, and spare not; lift up your voice as with a trumpet, and declare to My people their sins, and to the house of Jacob their iniquities.

and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, in the opening of my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,

for the sake of which I serve as an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I must speak.

What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith;

I became manifest to them that asked not for Me; I was found by them that sought Me not; I said, Behold, I am [here], to a nation who called not on My name.

I have stretched forth My hands all day to a disobedient and gainsaying people, to them that walked in a way that was not good, but after their sins.

And He said to me, [It is] a great thing for you to be called My servant, to establish the tribes of Jacob, and to recover the dispersion of Israel; behold, I have given you for the covenant of a race, for a light of the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the end of the earth.

Thus shall many nations wonder at Him; and kings shall keep their mouths shut; for they to whom no report was brought concerning Him shall see; and they who have not heard, shall consider.

Behold I have made him a testimony among the Gentiles, a prince and commander to the Gentiles.

Nations which know you not shall call upon you, and peoples which are not acquainted with you shall flee to you for refuge, for the sake of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel; for He has glorified you.

"Thus the last shall be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few [are] chosen."

Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.'

"So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding [hall] was filled with guests.

Then the master said to the servant, 'Go out into the roads and hedges, and compel [them] to come in, so that my house may be filled.

We love Him because He first loved us.