“But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.”
Rather, as it is written: "Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand." — Isaiah 52:15 (paraphrased): hoi ouk ēkousan (those who did not hear) will suniosin (understand, put together), and hoi ouk akēkoasin (those who have not heard) will noeo (perceive, understand). The unreached have a special claim—Paul's mission.
Church Fathers on Romans 15:21
“Yea, so have I strived to preach the Gospel, not where Christ was named.” See here another preeminence; that he had not only preached the Gospel to so many, and persuaded them, but he did not even go to those who had become disciples. So far was he from thrusting himself upon other men's disciples, and from doing this for glory's sake, that he even made it a point to teach those who had not heard. For neither does he say where they were not persuaded, but “where Christ was…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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