Romans 10
1 Brothers, the pleasure indeed of my heart, and my supplication that [is] to God for Israel, is—for salvation;
Brethren, my heart’s desire and my supplication to God is for them, that they may be saved.
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 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 being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to everyone who is believing,
For Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to every one that believeth.
5 for Moses describes the righteousness that [is] of the Law, that, “The man who did them will live in them,”
For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby.
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 which is of faith saith thus, Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down: )
or, Who shall 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;
But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach:
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,
because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus [as] Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:
10 for with the heart [one] believes to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation;
for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 for the Writing says, “Everyone who is believing on Him will not be ashamed,”
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not 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,
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek: for the same [Lord] is Lord of all, and is rich unto all that call upon him:
13 for “Everyone who, if he may have called on the Name of the LORD, will be saved.”
for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall 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 shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
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 shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things!
16 But they were not all obedient to the good tidings, for Isaiah says, “LORD, who gave credence to our report?”
But they did not all hearken to the glad tidings. For Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
17 So then faith [is] by a report, and the report through a saying of God,
So belief [cometh] of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
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 not hear? Yea, verily, Their sound went out into all the earth, And their words unto the ends of the 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,”
But I say, Did Israel not know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, With a nation void of understanding will I anger you.
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”;
And Isaiah is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I became manifest unto them that asked not of me.
21 and to Israel He says, “All the day I stretched out My hands to a people unbelieving and contradicting.”
But as to Israel he saith, All the day long did I spread out my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
