Romans 10
1 Brothers, the pleasure indeed of my heart, and my supplication that [is] to God for Israel, is—for salvation;
Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is for their salvation.
2 for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge,
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to real knowledge.
3 for not knowing the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to the righteousness of God.
For they, failing to understand God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to God's righteousness.
4 For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to everyone who is believing,
Now for everyone who believes into righteousness, Christ is the end of the law
5 for Moses describes the righteousness that [is] of the Law, that, “The man who did them will live in them,”
—Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”
6 and the righteousness of faith thus speaks: “You may not say in your heart, Who will go up to Heaven?” (that is, to bring Christ down)
But the righteousness that is 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). (Abyssos g12)
8 But what does it say? “The saying is near you—in your mouth, and in your heart”: that is, the saying of the faith that we preach;
So what does it say? “The message is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the message of faith that we proclaim):
9 that if you may confess with your mouth that Jesus [is] LORD, and may believe in your heart that God raised Him out of the dead, you will be saved,
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.
10 for with the heart [one] believes to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation;
Because with the heart one believes into righteousness, and with the mouth one promises into salvation.
11 for the Writing says, “Everyone who is believing on Him will not be ashamed,”
Because the Scripture says: “Everyone who believes on Him will never be put to shame”;
12 for there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord of all [is] rich to all those calling on Him,
because there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, since the same Lord of all is rich to all who call upon Him;
13 for “Everyone who, if he may have called on the Name of the LORD, will be saved.”
because: “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
14 How then will they call on [Him] in whom they did not believe? And how will they believe [on Him] of whom they did not hear? And how will they hear apart from one preaching?
How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe on Him of whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without someone proclaiming it?
15 And how will they preach, if they may not be sent? According as it has been written: “How beautiful the feet of those proclaiming good tidings of peace, of those proclaiming good tidings of the good things!”
And how will they proclaim unless they are sent? As it is written: “How timely is the arrival of those who bring good news of peace, of those who announce the good things.”
16 But they were not all obedient to the good tidings, for Isaiah says, “LORD, who gave credence to our report?”
(However, they did not all obey the gospel; because Isaiah says: “Lord, who has believed our message?”)
17 So then faith [is] by a report, and the report through a saying of God,
So, the faith is from a message, and that message is by the Word of God.
18 but I say, did they not hear? Yes, indeed, “their voice went forth to all the earth, and their sayings to the ends of the habitable world.”
But I say, did they really not hear? Indeed yes: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, and their spoken words to the ends of the inhabited world.”
19 But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy by [that which is] not a nation, By an unintelligent nation I will anger you,”
Again I say, did Israel really not know? First Moses says: “I will provoke you to jealousy by a non-nation, I will move you to anger by a senseless nation.”
20 and Isaiah is very bold and says, “I was found by those not seeking Me; I became visible to those not inquiring after Me”;
But Isaiah is so bold as to say: “I was found by those who were not seeking me; I was revealed to those who were not asking for me.”
21 and to Israel He says, “All the day I stretched out My hands to a people unbelieving and contradicting.”
But concerning Israel he says: “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”
