Romans 10:5-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 [a]Moses writes about the righteousness that comes from [the] law, “The one who does these things will live by them.”(A) 6 But the righteousness that comes from faith says,(B) “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will go up into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 [b]or ‘Who will go down into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”(C) 8 But what does it say?
“The word is near you,
in your mouth and in your heart”(D)
(that is, the word of faith that we preach), 9 for, if you confess[c] with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.(E) 10 For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. 11 For the scripture says, “No one who believes in him will be put to shame.”(F) 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all, enriching all who call upon him.(G) 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”(H)
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- 10:5–6 The subject of the verb says (Rom 10:6) is righteousness personified. Both of the statements in Rom 10:5, 6 derive from Moses, but Paul wishes to contrast the language of law and the language of faith.
- 10:7 Here Paul blends Dt 30:13 and Ps 107:26.
- 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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