Romans:10

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* BRETHREN , the desire of my heart and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation . * For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God , but not an intelligent one . * For , ignorant of God 's righteousness and seeking to establish their own , they have not submitted to God 's righteousness . * For Christ is the end of the Law for righteousness to every believer . * For Moses writes that he who does the righteousness of the Law shall live by it . * But the righteousness of faith says , "Do not say in your heart , 'Who shall ascend into heaven ?' that is , to bring Christ down \'97 " * or , 'Who shall descend into the abyss ?' " \'97 that is , to bring up Christ from the dead . * But what does it say ? "The word is near you , in your mouth and in your heart " \'97 that is , the word of faith which we are proclaiming , * that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved . * For with the heart a man believes and becomes righteous , and with the mouth he confesses and attains salvation . * For the Scripture says , "No one who believes in him will be put to shame ." * For there is no difference between Jew and Greek . For there is the same Lord of all , rich toward all who call upon him . * For "Every one who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved ." * How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed ? How shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard ? How shall they hear without some one to proclaim him ? * How shall they proclaim him unless they are sent ? As it is written , "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news !" * But have not all heard the good news ? For Isaiah says , "Lord , who has believed our report ?" * So then faith comes from the report and report comes through the word of Christ . * But I say , it cannot be true that they have not heard , can it ? On the contrary , "Their sound has gone out into all the earth and their words to the ends of the world ." * I say , it cannot be that Israel did not know , can it ? First Moses says , "I will excite you to jealousy by what is not a nation and by a foolish nation I will provoke you to anger ." * And Isaiah makes bold to say , "I was found by those who were not seeking me : I became manifest to those who were not inquiring for me ." * But to Israel he says , "All day long I stretched forth my hands to a people who disobey and answer back ."

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