⁵Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”^a^a ⁶But the righteousness that is by faith^b says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ”^b^c (that is, to bring Christ down) ⁷“or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’ ”^c^d (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).^e ⁸But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”^d^f 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

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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

Cross references

a Lev 18:5; Dt 4:1; 6:24; Ne 9:29; Pr 19:16; Isa 55:3; Eze 20:11, 13, 21; See Ro 7:10
bSee Ro 9:30
c Dt 30:12
d Dt 30:13
eSee Ac 2:24
f Dt 30:14
g Mt 10:32
hSee Jn 13:13
iSee Jn 3:15
jSee Ac 2:24
kSee Ro 11:14

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them. But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down) “or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

since Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: The one who does these things will live by them. But the righteousness that comes from faith speaks like this: Do not say in your heart, “Who will go up to heaven?” that is, to bring Christ down or, “Who will go down into the abyss?” that is, to bring Christ up from the dead. On the contrary, what does it say? The message is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. This is the message of faith that we proclaim: 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.

NLTNew Living Translation

For Moses writes that the law’s way of making a person right with God requires obedience to all of its commands. But faith’s way of getting right with God says, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will go up to heaven?’ (to bring Christ down to earth). And don’t say, ‘Who will go down to the place of the dead?’ (to bring Christ back to life again).” In fact, it says,

“The message is very close at hand;

it is on your lips and in your heart.”

And that message is the very message about faith that we preach: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: “The person who does this will live by it.” But the righteousness from faith speaks like this: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down), or “Who will descend into the abyss?” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? “The word is near to you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim), that 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.

KJV 1900King James Version

For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

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