Romans 10:1–13

Israel Needs the Gospel

10Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for ¹Israel is that they may be saved. ²For I bear them witness ^athat they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. ³For they being ignorant of ^bGod’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own ^crighteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. ⁴For ^dChrist is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

⁵For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, ^e“The man who does those things shall live by them.” ⁶But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, ^f“Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down from above) ⁷or, ^g“ ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). ⁸But what does it say? ^h“The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): ⁹that ⁱif you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. ¹¹For the Scripture says, ^j“Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” ¹²For ^kthere is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for ^lthe same Lord over all ^mis rich to all who call upon Him. ¹³For ⁿ“whoever calls ^oon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”