^10:1Brothers and sisters,¹ my heart’s desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites² is for their salvation. ^10:2For I can testify that they are zealous for God,³ but their zeal is not in line with the truth.⁴^10:3For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. ^10:4For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.

^10:5For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law: “The one who does these things will live by them.”⁵^10:6But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart,⁶ ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ”⁷ (that is, to bring Christ down) ^10:7or “Who will descend into the abyss?”⁸ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). ^10:8But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”⁹ (that is, the word of faith that we preach), ^10:9because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord¹⁰ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ^10:10For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness¹¹ and with the mouth one confesses and thus has salvation.¹²^10:11For the scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”¹³^10:12For there is no distinction between the Jew and the Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, who richly blesses all who call on him. ^10:13For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.¹⁴

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Romans 10:9: because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Footnotes

1 Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in .
2 Grk “on behalf of them”; the referent (Paul’s fellow Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 Grk “they have a zeal for God.”
4 Grk “in accord with knowledge.” Their zeal is not in line with the truth means that the Jews’ passion for God was strong, but it ignored the true righteousness of God (v. 3; cf. also 3:21).
5 A quotation from Lev 18:5.
6 A quotation from Deut 9:4.
7 A quotation from Deut 30:12.
8 A quotation from Deut 30:13.
9 A quotation from Deut 30:14.
10 Or “the Lord.” The Greek construction, along with the quotation from Joel 2:32 in v. 13 (in which the same “Lord” seems to be in view) suggests that κύριον (kurion) is to be taken as “the Lord,” that is, Yahweh. Cf. D. B. Wallace, “The Semantics and Exegetical Significance of the Object-Complement Construction in the New Testament,” 6 (1985): .
11 Grk “believes to righteousness.”
12 Grk “confesses to salvation.”
13 A quotation from Isa 28:16.
14 A quotation from Joel 2:32.