Romans 10

International Standard Version

The Person who Believes will be Saved

10 Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God about the Jews^[a] is that they would be saved. ² For I can testify on their behalf that they have a zeal for God, but it is not in keeping with full knowledge. 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^[b] righteousness. ⁴ For the Messiah^[c] is the culmination^[d] of the Law as far as righteousness is concerned for everyone who believes.

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.”^{[e] 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^[f] down), ⁷ or ‘Who will go down into the depths?’ (that is, to bring the Messiah^[g] back from the dead).”

⁸ But what does it say? “The message is near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart.”^[h] This is the message about faith that we are proclaiming: 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 For one believes with his heart and is justified, and declares with his mouth and is saved. ¹¹ The Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will never be ashamed.”^{[i] 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. ¹³ “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord^[j] will be saved.”^[k]

¹⁴ How, then, can people^[l] 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? ¹⁵ And how can people^[m] preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are^[n] those who bring the good news!”^{[o] 16} But not everyone has obeyed the gospel, for Isaiah asks, “Lord, who has believed our message?”^{[p] 17} Consequently, faith results from listening, and listening results through the word of the Messiah.^[q]

¹⁸ But I ask, “Didn’t they hear?” Certainly they did! In fact,

¹⁹ Again I ask, “Did Israel not understand?” Moses was the first to say,

²⁰ And Isaiah boldly says,

²¹ But about Israel he says,