Romans 10

10Brothers,¹ my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. ²For I bear them witness that ^bthey have a zeal for God, ^cbut not according to knowledge. ³For, being ignorant of ^dthe righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. ⁴For ^eChrist is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.²

The Message of Salvation to All

⁵For ^fMoses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that ^gthe person who does the commandments shall live by them. ⁶But ^hthe righteousness based on faith says, ⁱ“Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down) ⁷“or ‘Who will descend into the ^jabyss?’ ” (that is, ^kto bring Christ up from the dead). ⁸But what does it say? ^l“The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); ⁹because, if ^myou confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and ⁿbelieve in your heart ^othat God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. ¹¹For the Scripture says, ^p“Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” ^12qFor there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; ^rfor the same Lord is Lord of all, ^sbestowing his riches on all who call on him. ¹³For ^t“everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

¹⁴How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him ^uof whom they have never heard?³ And how are they to hear ^vwithout someone preaching? ¹⁵And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ^w“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” ¹⁶But ^xthey have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, ^y“Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” ¹⁷So ^zfaith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

¹⁸But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for

^a“Their voice has gone out ^bto all the earth,

and their words to the ends of the world.”

¹⁹But I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says,

^c“I will ^dmake you jealous of those who are not a nation;

with a ^efoolish nation I will make you angry.”

²⁰Then Isaiah is so bold as to say,

^f“I have been found by those who did not seek me;

I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.”

²¹But of Israel he says, ^g“All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”