Romans 10

Romans 10:1-4

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.

Paul’s heart desire and prayer is for Israel’s salvation; they have zeal without knowledge, seeking to establish their own righteousness and not submitting to God’s righteousness—Christ being the end of the law for everyone who believes.

Romans 10:5-8

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:

Moses’ law-righteousness says the doer shall live by them, but faith-righteousness speaks of a near word: do not ascend or descend to bring Christ down or up—the word is near in mouth and heart.

Romans 10:9-10

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.

If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved—for heart-belief brings righteousness and mouth-confession brings salvation.

Romans 10:11

¹¹For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.”

Scripture promises that whoever believes in Him will not be put to shame.

Romans 10:12

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.

There is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and rich to all who call on Him.

Romans 10:13

¹³For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

Romans 10:14-15

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!”

How will people call, believe, hear, or preach without being sent? Beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news.

Romans 10:16-18

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.”

Not all obeyed the gospel; faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ—and the message has gone out into all the earth.

Romans 10:19

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.”

Israel did know: Moses said God would provoke them to jealousy by a no-nation and a foolish people.

Romans 10:20

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.”

Isaiah boldly says God was found by those who did not seek Him and revealed to those who did not ask.

Romans 10:21

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

Of Israel Isaiah says God stretched out His hands all day long to a disobedient and contrary people.

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