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10:1  Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God about the Jews is that they would be saved.
10:2  For I can testify on their behalf that they have a zeal for God, but it is not in keeping with full knowledge.
10:3  For they are ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God while they try to establish their own, and they have not submitted to God's means to attain righteousness.
10:4  For the Messiah is the culmination of the Law as far as righteousness is concerned for everyone who believes.
10:5  For Moses writes about the righteousness that comes from the Law as follows: "The person who obeys these things will find life by them."
10:6  But the righteousness that comes from faith says, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will go up to heaven?' (that is, to bring the Messiah down),
10:7  or 'Who will go down into the depths?' (that is, to bring the Messiah back from the dead)."
10:8  But what does it say? "The message is near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart." This is the message about faith that we are proclaiming:
10:9  If you declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
10:10  For one believes with his heart and is justified, and declares with his mouth and is saved.
10:11  The Scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will never be ashamed."
10:12  There is no difference between Jew and Greek, because they all have the same Lord, who gives richly to all who call on him.
10:13  "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
10:14  How, then, can people call on someone they have not believed? And how can they believe in someone they have not heard about? And how can they hear without someone preaching?
10:15  And how can people preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are those who bring the good news!"
10:16  But not everyone has obeyed the gospel, for Isaiah asks, "Lord, who has believed our message?"
10:17  Consequently, faith results from listening, and listening results through the word of the Messiah.
10:18  But I ask, "Didn't they hear?" Certainly they did! In fact, "Their voice has gone out into the whole world, and their words to the ends of the earth."
10:19  Again I ask, "Did Israel not understand?" Moses was the first to say, "I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation that doesn't understand."
10:20  And Isaiah boldly says, "I was found by those who were not looking for me; I was revealed to those who were not asking for me."
10:21  But about Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and rebellious people."