Romans 10:1-21 - The Righteousness Of God Through Faith In Christ

¹ Brothers, the desire of my heart and my prayer to God on behalf of them [is] for [their] salvation. ² For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. ³ For ignoring the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God. ⁴ For Christ [is the] end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. ⁵ For Moses writes about the righteousness [that is] from the law: "The person who does [this] will live by it." ⁶ But the righteousness from faith speaks like this: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down), ⁷ or "Who will descend into the abyss?" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). ⁸ But what does it say? "The word is near to 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 from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰ For with the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses, resulting in salvation. ¹¹ For the scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame." ¹² For [there] is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same [Lord] [is] Lord of all, who is rich to all who call upon him. ¹³ For "everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved."

¹⁴ How then will they call upon [him] in whom they have not believed? And how will they believe [in him] about whom they have not heard? And how will they hear about [him] without one who preaches [to them]? ¹⁵ And how will they preach, unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "How timely [are] the feet of those who bring good news of good things." ¹⁶ But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?" ¹⁷ Consequently, faith [comes] by hearing, and hearing through the word about Christ. ¹⁸ But I say, they have not heard, have they? On the contrary, "Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the inhabited world."

¹⁹ But I say, Israel did not know, did they? First, Moses says, "I will provoke you [to jealousy] by [those who are] not a nation; by a senseless nation I will provoke you [to anger]."

²⁰ And Isaiah is very bold and says, "I was found by those who did not seek me; I became known to those who did not ask for me."

²¹ But about Israel he says, "The whole day [long] I held out my hands to a disobedient and resistant people."