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Romans 10 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Rom 10:1

Brothers, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation.

Rom 10:2For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Rom 10:3For not knowing about the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
Rom 10:4For Christ is the [fn]end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Faith Comes by Hearing

Rom 10:5

For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of law: “THE MAN WHO DOES THESE THINGS SHALL LIVE BY THEM.”

Rom 10:6But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way: “DO NOT SAY IN YOUR HEART, ‘WHO WILL GO UP INTO HEAVEN?’ (that is, to bring Christ down),
Rom 10:7or ‘WHO WILL GO DOWN INTO THE ABYSS?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”
Rom 10:8But what does it say? “THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,
Rom 10:9[fn]that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
Rom 10:10for with the heart a person believes, [fn]leading to righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, [fn]leading to salvation.
Rom 10:11For the Scripture says, “WHOEVER BELIEVES UPON HIM WILL NOT BE PUT TO SHAME.”
Rom 10:12For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him,
Rom 10:13for “WHOEVER CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.”
Rom 10:14

How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher?

Rom 10:15And how will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, “HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO PROCLAIM GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!”
Rom 10:16

However, they did not all heed the [fn]good news, for Isaiah says, “LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT?”

Rom 10:17So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word [fn]of Christ.
Rom 10:18

But I say, have they never heard? On the contrary, they have;

“THEIR VOICE HAS GONE OUT INTO ALL THE EARTH,

AND THEIR WORDS TO THE ENDS OF THE [fn]WORLD.”

Rom 10:19

But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says,

“I WILL MAKE YOU JEALOUS BY THAT WHICH IS NOT A NATION,

BY A NATION WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING WILL I ANGER YOU.”

Rom 10:20

And Isaiah is very bold and says,

“I WAS FOUND BY THOSE WHO DID NOT SEEK ME,

I BECAME MANIFEST TO THOSE WHO DID NOT ASK FOR ME.”

Rom 10:21

But as for Israel He says, “ALL DAY LONG I HAVE STRETCHED OUT MY HANDS TO A DISOBEDIENT AND OBSTINATE PEOPLE.”

LSB Footnotes
Or goal
Or because
Lit to righteousness
Lit to salvation
Or gospel
Or concerning Christ
Or inhabited earth
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