Romans 10:1–13

The Righteousness of God through Faith in Christ

10Brothers, the desire of my heart and my prayer to God on behalf of them is for their salvation. ²For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. ³For ignoring the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own,^a they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God. ⁴For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

⁵For Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: “The person who does this^b will live by it.”^{cd 6}But the righteousness from faith speaks like this: “Do not say in your heart,^e ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ”^f (that is, to bring Christ down), ⁷or “Who will descend into the abyss?”^g (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). ⁸But what does it say? “The word is near to you, in your mouth and in your heart”^h (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim), ⁹thatⁱ 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. ¹⁰For with the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses, resulting in salvation. ¹¹For the scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”^{j 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. ¹³For “everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.”^k