Romans 10:1-8 ▼

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,