| Romans 10 | ||
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| Brethren, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is for {their} salvation. | |
| For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge. | |
| For not knowing about God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God. | |
| For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. | |
| For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that righteousness. | |
| But the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows: "DO NOT SAY IN YOUR HEART, 'WHO WILL ASCEND INTO HEAVEN?' (that is, to bring Christ down), | |
| or 'WHO WILL DESCEND INTO THE ABYSS?' (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead)." | |
| But what does it say? "THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART"--that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, | |
| that if you confess with your mouth Jesus {as} Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; | |
| for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. | |
| For the Scripture says, "WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED." | |
| For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same {Lord} is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him; | |
| for "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED." | |
| How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? | |
| How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO BRING GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!" | |
| However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, "LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT?" | |
| So faith {comes} from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. | |
| But I say, surely they have never heard, have they? Indeed they have; "THEIR VOICE HAS GONE OUT INTO ALL THE EARTH, AND THEIR WORDS TO THE ENDS OF THE WORLD." | |
| But I say, surely Israel did not know, did they? First Moses says, "I WILL MAKE YOU JEALOUS BY THAT WHICH IS NOT A NATION, BY A NATION WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING WILL I ANGER YOU." | |
| And Isaiah is very bold and says, "I WAS FOUND BY THOSE WHO DID NOT SEEK ME, I BECAME MANIFEST TO THOSE WHO DID NOT ASK FOR ME." | |
| But as for Israel He says, "ALL THE DAY LONG I HAVE STRETCHED OUT MY HANDS TO A DISOBEDIENT AND OBSTINATE PEOPLE." |
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