Romans 10:1–13

Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire^v and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. ²For I can testify about them that they are zealous^w for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. ³Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.^{x 4}Christ is the culmination of the law^y so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.^z

⁵Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”^{aa 6}But the righteousness that is by faith^b says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ”^bc (that is, to bring Christ down) ⁷“or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’ ”^cd (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).^{e 8}But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”^df that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: ⁹If you declare^g with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”^h and believeⁱ in your heart that God raised him from the dead,^j you will be saved.^{k 10}For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. ¹¹As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”^{el 12}For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile^m—the same Lord is Lord of allⁿ and richly blesses all who call on him, ¹³for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord^o will be saved.”^fp