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Choosing to ignore the gospel is not the same as never hearing it. None of your verses account for the latter.
847 This affirmation is not aimed at those who, through no fault of their own, do not know Christ and his Church:
Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience - those too may achieve eternal salvation.337
848 "Although in ways known to himself God can lead those who, through no fault of their own, are ignorant of the Gospel, to that faith without which it is impossible to please him, the Church still has the obligation and also the sacred right to evangelize all men."338
CCC 847-848
This stands.
You said: "Choosing to ignore the gospel is not the same as never hearing it. None of your verses account for the latter."
No. Each of those verses I quoted includes people who have never heard the gospel.