Romans 10:8–18

⁸This is what the Scripture says: “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart.” ⁿ That is the teaching of faith that we are telling. ⁹If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and if you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰We believe with our hearts, and so we are made right with God. And we declare with our mouths that we believe, and so we are saved. ¹¹As the Scripture says, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be disappointed.” ^{n 12}That Scripture says “anyone” because there is no difference between those who are Jews and those who are not. The same Lord is the Lord of all and gives many blessings to all who trust in him, ¹³as the Scripture says, “Anyone who calls on the Lord will be saved.” ⁿ

¹⁴But before people can ask the Lord for help, they must believe in him; and before they can believe in him, they must hear about him; and for them to hear about the Lord, someone must tell them; ¹⁵and before someone can go and tell them, that person must be sent. It is written, “How beautiful is the person who comes to bring good news.” ^{n 16}But not all the Jews accepted the good news. Isaiah said, “Lord, who believed what we told them?” ^{n 17}So faith comes from hearing the Good News, and people hear the Good News when someone tells them about Christ.

¹⁸But I ask: Didn’t people hear the Good News? Yes, they heard—as the Scripture says:

“Their message went out through all the world;

their words go everywhere on earth.”