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Romans 10 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:1 - Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:2 - For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:3 - Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:4 - Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:5 - Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:6 - But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ”[fn] (that is, to bring Christ down)
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:7 - “or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’ ”[fn] (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:8 - But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”[fn] that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim:
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:9 - If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:10 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:11 - As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:12 - For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him,
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:13 - for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:14 - How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:15 - And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:16 - But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:17 - Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:18 - But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:19 - Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says, “I will make you envious by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:20 - And Isaiah boldly says, “I was found by those who did not seek me; I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:21 - But concerning Israel he says, “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”[fn]
NIV Footnotes
Lev. 18:5
Deut. 30:12
Deut. 30:13
Deut. 30:14
Isaiah 28:16 (see Septuagint)
Joel 2:32
Isaiah 52:7
Isaiah 53:1
Psalm 19:4
Deut. 32:21
Isaiah 65:1
Isaiah 65:2
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