Romans 10:8-10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 But what does it say?
“The word is near you,
in your mouth and in your heart”(A)
(that is, the word of faith that we preach), 9 for, if you confess[a] with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.(B) 10 For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved.
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- 10:9–11 To confess Jesus as Lord was frequently quite hazardous in the first century (cf. Mt 10:18; 1 Thes 2:2; 1 Pt 2:18–21; 3:14). For a Jew it could mean disruption of normal familial and other social relationships, including great economic sacrifice. In the face of penalties imposed by the secular world, Christians are assured that no one who believes in Jesus will be put to shame (Rom 10:11).
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