¹⁰ if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law^(A) and turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.^(B)

The Offer of Life or Death

¹¹ Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.^{(C) 12} It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven^(D) to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”^{(E) 13} Nor is it beyond the sea,^(F) so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”^{(G) 14} No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.^(H)

¹⁵ See, I set before you today life^(I) and prosperity,^(J) death^(K) and destruction.^{(L) 16} For I command you today to love^(M) the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live^(N) and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

¹⁷ But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, ¹⁸ I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed.^(O) You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.

⁴ Christ is the culmination of the law^(A) so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.^(B)

⁵ Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”^{[a](C) 6} But the righteousness that is by faith^(D) says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’”^[b](E) (that is, to bring Christ down) ⁷ “or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’”^[c](F) (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).^{(G) 8} But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”^[d](H) that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: ⁹ If you declare^(I) with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”^(J) and believe^(K) in your heart that God raised him from the dead,^(L) you will be saved.^{(M) 10} For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. ¹¹ As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”^{[e](N) 12} For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile^(O)—the same Lord is Lord of all^(P) and richly blesses all who call on him,