New Testament

Romans 10

Two Righteousnesses, One Lord of All

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Overview

Paul contrasts the righteousness sought through the Mosaic Law with the righteousness given through faith in Christ—the goal and fulfillment of the Law—and shows that this salvation, proclaimed through a divinely authorized chain of sending and preaching, is offered without distinction to every person who calls upon the Lord, while Israel's failure to respond, despite abundant witness, reflects disobedience rather than any deficiency in God's word or patience.

Passages

1–4The Zeal That Must Be Transformed: Israel, the Law, and Christ the Fulfillment 5–12The Word Is Near You: Two Righteousnesses and the Universal Call to Salvation 13The Name Above Every Name: Universal Salvation Through Invocation 14–17The Chain of Proclamation: Sent, Preached, Heard, Believed 18–21Voices That Reach the Ends of the Earth: Israel's Inexcusable Rejection

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Romans 10

¹Brothers, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God is for Israel, that they may be saved. ²For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. ³For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God. ⁴For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

⁵For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, “The one who does them will live by them.” ⁶But the righteousness which is of faith says this, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down); ⁷or, ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)” ⁸But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart;” that is, the word of faith which we preach: ⁹that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰For with the heart one believes resulting in righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made resulting in salvation. ¹¹For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.”

¹²For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him. ¹³For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.” ¹⁴How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher? ¹⁵And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!”

¹⁶But they didn’t all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?” ¹⁷So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. ¹⁸But I say, didn’t they hear? Yes, most certainly, “Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”

¹⁹But I ask, didn’t Israel know? First Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation. I will make you angry with a nation void of understanding.”

²⁰Isaiah is very bold and says, “I was found by those who didn’t seek me. I was revealed to those who didn’t ask for me.”

²¹But about Israel he says, “All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”

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