Romans 10:1-18 ▼

1 Brothers, indeed the good pleasure of my heart and my supplication to God on behalf of them is for salvation.

2 For I testify about them that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

3 For being ignorant of the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to the righteousness of God.

4 For the end of law is Christ, unto righteousness to everyone believing.

5 For Moses writes of the righteousness that is of the law, that, “The man having done these things will live in them.”

6 But the righteousness of faith speaks thus: “You should not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring down Christ),

7 or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring up Christ out from the dead).”

8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith that we proclaim,

9 that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him out from the dead, you will be saved.

10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses unto salvation.

11 For the Scripture says, “Everyone believing on Him will not be put to shame.”

12 For there is no difference between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord of all is rich to all those calling upon Him,

13 for, “Whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord will be saved.”

14 How then can they call upon One in whom they did not believe? And how can they believe in One of whom they did not hear? And how can they hear apart from one preaching?

15 And how can they preach unless they can be sent? As it has been written: “How beautiful are the feet of those proclaiming good news of good things!”

16 But not all heeded the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”

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

18 But I say, did they not hear? Indeed: “Their voice went out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”