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But the Bible says: ‘God's message is near you. You can talk about it, and you can think about it.’[a] That is the same message that we are teaching to people. We tell people to believe in Jesus Christ.

The message is this: You must say clearly that Jesus is the Lord. Also, you must believe deep inside yourself that God raised him to life again after his death. Then God will save you. 10 God accepts people as right with him when they believe like that, deep inside themselves. And when people say clearly that Jesus is Lord, God saves them.

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  1. 10:8 See Deuteronomy 30:12-14.

But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”[a](A) that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: If you declare(B) with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”(C) and believe(D) in your heart that God raised him from the dead,(E) you will be saved.(F) 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.

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  1. Romans 10:8 Deut. 30:14