Romans 10
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1My brothers and sisters, my heart's desire—my prayer to God—is for the salvation of the people of Israel! 2I can testify to their passionate dedication to God, but it's not based on knowing him as he truly is. 3They don't understand how God makes us right with him, and they try to make themselves right. They refuse to accept God's way of making people right. 4For Christ is the fulfillment of the law. All those who trust in him are made right. 5Moses wrote, “Whoever does what is right by obeying the law will live.”#10:5. Quoting Leviticus 18:5. 6But the attitude of doing right that comes from trust says this: “Don't ask ‘who'll go to heaven?’ (asking to bring Christ down),” 7or “‘who'll go to the place of the dead?’#10:7. Literally, “the abyss,” bottomless pit. (asking to bring Christ back from the dead).”#10:7. See Deuteronomy 30:12. 8What Scripture actually says is: “The message is very close to you—it's what you talk about and what's in your mind.”#10:8. These allusions are to Deuteronomy 30:11-14. They were originally applied to the law, and were to indicate that the law was not distant and unapproachable, clearly denying it was difficult to observe. Paul now applies this to the person of Christ, making it clear that this “message of the law” was fulfilled in him. In fact it's this message based on trust that we're presenting. 9For if you declare that you accept Jesus as Lord, and you are convinced in your mind that God raised him from the dead, then you will be saved. 10Your trust in God makes you right and good, and your declaration of accepting God saves you. 11As Scripture says, “Those who trust in him will not be disappointed.”#10:11. Quoting Isaiah 28:16. Disappointed: or “ashamed.”
12There's no difference between Jew and Greek—for the same Lord is Lord of everyone, and he gives generously to everyone who asks him. 13For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”#10:13. Quoting Joel 2:32. 14But how can people call on someone they don't trust? How can they trust someone they haven't heard about? How can they hear unless they're told? 15How can they go out and tell others unless they're sent? Just as Scripture says, “Those who come bringing the good news are truly welcome!”#10:15. Quoting Isaiah 52:7. 16But not everyone has accepted the good news. As Isaiah asks: “Lord, who trusted in the news they heard from us?”#10:16. Quoting Isaiah 53:1. 17Trusting in God comes from hearing—hearing the message of Christ.
18It's not that they haven't heard. Quite the opposite: “The voices of those speaking for God#10:18. Implied. have been heard all over the earth—their message went out to the whole world.”#10:18. QuotingPsalms 19:4. 19So my question is, “Didn't Israel know?” First of all Moses says, “I'll make you jealous by using people who aren't even a nation; I will make you angry by using ignorant foreigners!”#10:19. Quoting Deuteronomy 32:21. 20Then Isaiah said it even more strongly: “I was found by people who weren't even looking for me; I revealed myself to people who weren't even asking for me.”#10:20. QuotingIsaiah 65:1. 21As God says to Israel, “All day long I reached out my hands to a disobedient and stubborn people.”#10:21. QuotingIsaiah 65:2.
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