¹⁹ since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.^(A)

²² For in my inner being^(A) I delight in God’s law;^(B)

⁸ 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:

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)

²¹ nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’^(A) because the kingdom of God is in your midst.”^[a]