Romans 10:1–13

10My 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*Moses wrote this about being put right with God by obeying the Law: “Whoever obeys the commands of the Law will live.” ^6*But 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). ^8*What 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*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*As the scripture says, “Everyone who calls out to the Lord for help will be saved.”