The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Romans 10
1 Brothers, my heart’s desire and my
prayer to God is for Israel, thatthey may be
saved.
2 For I testify about them that they have
a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
3 For being ignorant of God’s righteousness,
and seeking to establish their own
righteousness, they didn’t subject
themselves to the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the ful fill ment† of the
law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
5 For Moses writes about the righteousness
of the law, “The one who does them
will live by them.”*
6 But the righteousness which is of faith
says this, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who
will ascend into heaven?’* (that is, to bring
Christ down);
7 or, ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’*
(that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)”
8 But what does it say? “The word is near
you, in your mouth and in your heart;”*
that is, the word of faith which we preach:
9 that if you will confess withyourmouth
that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart
that God raised him from the dead, you
will be saved.
10 For with the heart one believes resulting
in righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made resulting in salvation.
11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes
in him will not be disappointed.”*
12 For there is no distinction between
Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord
of all, and is rich to all who call on him.
13 For, “Whoever will call on the name of
the Lord will be saved.”*
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? How will they hear without a
preacher?
15 And how will they preach unless they
are sent? As it is written:
“How beautiful are the feet of those who
preach the Good News of peace,
who bring glad tidings of good things!”*
16 But they didn’t all listen to the glad
news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has
believed our report?”*
17 So faith comes by hearing, andhearing
by the word of God.
18 But I say, didn’t they hear? Yes, most
certainly, “Their sound went out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.”*
19 But I ask, didn’t Israel know? First
Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy with that
which is no nation. I will make you angry with a nation
void of understanding.”*
20 Isaiah is very bold and says,
“I was found by those who didn’t seek me.
I was revealed to those who didn’t ask
for me.”*
21 But about Israel he says, “All day long
I stretched out my hands to a disobedient
and contrary people.”*