10:1 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God concerning them is for their salvation!
10:2 I can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
10:3 Because they disregarded the righteousness from God and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to God's righteousness.
10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
10:5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: The one who does these things will live by them.
10:6 But the righteousness that comes from faith speaks like this: Do not say in your heart, "Who will go up to heaven?" that is, to bring Christ down
10:7 or, "Who will go down into the abyss?" that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.
10:8 On the contrary, what does it say? The message is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. This is the message of faith that we proclaim:
10:9 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.
10:10 One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.
10:11 Now the Scripture says, Everyone who believes on Him will not be put to shame,
10:12 for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, since the same Lord of all is rich to all who call on Him.
10:13 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
10:14 But how can they call on Him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about Him? And how can they hear without a preacher?
10:15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who announce the gospel of good things!
10:16 But all did not obey the gospel. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our message?
10:17 So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ.
10:18 But I ask, "Did they not hear?" Yes, they did: Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the inhabited world.
10:19 But I ask, "Did Israel not understand?" First, Moses said: I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation that lacks understanding.
10:20 And Isaiah says boldly: I was found by those who were not looking for Me; I revealed Myself to those who were not asking for Me.
10:21 But to Israel he says: All day long I have spread out My hands to a disobedient and defiant people.
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