Romans 10

1Dear brothers and sisters,#10:1 Greek Brothers. the longing of my heart and my prayer to God is for the people of Israel to be saved. 2I know what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is misdirected zeal. 3For they don’t understand God’s way of making people right with himself. Refusing to accept God’s way, they cling to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law. 4For Christ has already accomplished the purpose for which the law was given.#10:4 Or For Christ is the end of the law. As a result, all who believe in him are made right with God.

Salvation Is for Everyone

5For Moses writes that the law’s way of making a person right with God requires obedience to all of its commands.#10:5 See Lev 18:5. 6But faith’s way of getting right with God says, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will go up to heaven?’ (to bring Christ down to earth). 7And don’t say, ‘Who will go down to the place of the dead?’ (to bring Christ back to life again).” 8In fact, it says,

“The message is very close at hand;

it is on your lips and in your heart.”#10:6-8 Deut 30:12-14.

And that message is the very message about faith that we preach: 9If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved. 11As the Scriptures tell us, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced.”#10:11 Isa 28:16 (Greek version). 12Jew and Gentile#10:12 Greek and Greek. are the same in this respect. They have the same Lord, who gives generously to all who call on him. 13For “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”#10:13 Joel 2:32.

14But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? 15And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!”#10:15 Isa 52:7.

16But not everyone welcomes the Good News, for Isaiah the prophet said, “Lord, who has believed our message?”#10:16 Isa 53:1. 17So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ. 18But I ask, have the people of Israel actually heard the message? Yes, they have:

“The message has gone throughout the earth,

and the words to all the world.”#10:18 Ps 19:4.

19But I ask, did the people of Israel really understand? Yes, they did, for even in the time of Moses, God said,

“I will rouse your jealousy through people who are not even a nation.

I will provoke your anger through the foolish Gentiles.”#10:19 Deut 32:21.

20And later Isaiah spoke boldly for God, saying,

“I was found by people who were not looking for me.

I showed myself to those who were not asking for me.”#10:20 Isa 65:1 (Greek version).

21But regarding Israel, God said,

“All day long I opened my arms to them,

but they were disobedient and rebellious.”#10:21 Isa 65:2 (Greek version).

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Romans 10

1My brothers and sisters, how I wish with all my heart that my own people might be saved! How I pray to God for them! 2I can assure you that they are deeply devoted to God; but their devotion is not based on true knowledge. 3They have not known the way in which God puts people right with himself, and instead, they have tried to set up their own way; and so they did not submit themselves to God's way of putting people right. 4For Christ has brought the Law to an end, so that everyone who believes is put right with God.

Salvation is for All

5 # Lev 18.5 Moses wrote this about being put right with God by obeying the Law: “Whoever obeys the commands of the Law will live.” 6#Deut 30.12–14But what the scripture says about being put right with God through faith is this: “You are not to ask yourself, Who will go up into heaven?” (that is, to bring Christ down). 7“Nor are you to ask, Who will go down into the world below?” (that is, to bring Christ up from death). 8What it says is this: “God's message is near you, on your lips and in your heart” — that is, the message of faith that we preach. 9If you confess that Jesus is Lord and believe that God raised him from death, you will be saved. 10For it is by our faith that we are put right with God; it is by our confession that we are saved. 11#Is 28.16 (LXX)The scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.” 12This includes everyone, because there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles; God is the same Lord of all and richly blesses all who call to him. 13#Joel 2.32As the scripture says, “Everyone who calls out to the Lord for help will be saved.”

14But how can they call to him for help if they have not believed? And how can they believe if they have not heard the message? And how can they hear if the message is not proclaimed? 15#Is 52.7And how can the message be proclaimed if the messengers are not sent out? As the scripture says, “How wonderful is the coming of messengers who bring good news!” 16#Is 53.1 (LXX)But not all have accepted the Good News. Isaiah himself said, “Lord, who believed our message?” 17So then, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message comes through preaching Christ.

18 # Ps 19.4 (LXX) But I ask: is it true that they did not hear the message? Of course they did — for as the scripture says:

“The sound of their voice went out to all the world;

their words reached the ends of the earth.”

19 # Deut 32.21 Again I ask: did the people of Israel not understand? Moses himself is the first one to answer:

“I will use a so-called nation

to make my people jealous;

and by means of a nation of fools

I will make my people angry.”

20 # Is 65.1 (LXX) And Isaiah is even bolder when he says,

“I was found by those who were not looking for me;

I appeared to those who were not asking for me.”

21 # Is 65.2 (LXX) But concerning Israel he says, “All day long I held out my hands to welcome a disobedient and rebellious people.”

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