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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Romans 10 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/romans/10.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/romans/10-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Romans 10</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../romans/9.htm" title="Romans 9">◄</a> Romans 10 <a href="../romans/11.htm" title="Romans 11">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/romans/10.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Lev. 18:5">a</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Deut. 30:12">b</a></sup></span> (that is, to bring Christ down) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’ ” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Deut. 30:13">c</a></sup></span> (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Deut. 30:14">d</a></sup></span> that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Isaiah 28:16 (see Septuagint)">e</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Joel 2:32">f</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Isaiah 52:7">g</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Isaiah 53:1">h</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did:</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“Their voice has gone out into all the earth,</p><p class="line2">their words to the ends of the world.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Psalm 19:4">i</a></sup></span> </p></div> <p class="pcontinued"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says,</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“I will make you envious by those who are not a nation;</p><p class="line2">I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Deut. 32:21">j</a></sup></span> </p></div> <p class="pcontinued"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And Isaiah boldly says,</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“I was found by those who did not seek me;</p><p class="line2">I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Isaiah 65:1">k</a></sup></span> </p></div> <p class="pcontinued"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But concerning Israel he says,</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“All day long I have held out my hands</p><p class="line2">to a disobedient and obstinate people.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Isaiah 65:2">l</a></sup></span> </p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotebot">Lev. 18:5</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotebot">Deut. 30:12</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotebot">Deut. 30:13</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotebot">Deut. 30:14</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotebot">Isaiah 28:16 (see Septuagint)</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotebot">Joel 2:32</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotebot">Isaiah 52:7</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">h</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotebot">Isaiah 53:1</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">i</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotebot">Psalm 19:4</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">j</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotebot">Deut. 32:21</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">k</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotebot">Isaiah 65:1</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">l</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotebot">Isaiah 65:2</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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