Romans 10:1–13

Brothers,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.”