Romans 10

¹Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for [the Israelites] [is] for [their] salvation.

²For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.

³Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish [their] own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

⁴For Christ [is] [the] end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.

⁵For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man [who] does these things will live by them.”

⁶But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not 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; [it is] in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:

⁹that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus [is] Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from [the] dead, you will be saved.

¹⁰For with [your] heart [you] believe [and are] justified, and with [your] mouth [you] confess [and are] saved.

¹¹[It is] just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

¹²For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord [is Lord] of all, [and] gives richly to all who call on Him,

¹³for, “Everyone who calls on the name of [the] Lord will be saved.”

¹⁴How then can they call on [the One] in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in [the One] of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without [someone] to preach?

¹⁵And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful [are] the feet of those who bring good news!”

¹⁶But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”

¹⁷Consequently, faith [comes] by hearing, and hearing by [the] word of Christ.

¹⁸But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed [they did]: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”

¹⁹I ask instead, {did} Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by [those who are] not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”

²⁰And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”

²¹But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to [a] disobedient and obstinate people.”