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(that is, to bring Christ down), <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/10-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>or W<font size="1">HO WILL DESCEND INTO THE</font> <font size="1">ABYSS</font>? (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/10-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>But what does it say? T<font size="1">HE WORD IS NEAR YOU</font>, <font size="1">IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART</font>that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/10-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>that if you confess with your mouth Jesus <i>as</i> Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/10-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/10-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>For the Scripture says, W<font size="1">HOEVER BELIEVES IN</font> H<font size="1">IM WILL NOT BE</font> <font size="1">DISAPPOINTED</font>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/10-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same <i>Lord</i> is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/10-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>for W<font size="1">HOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE</font> L<font size="1">ORD WILL BE SAVED</font>. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/10-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/10-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, H<font size="1">OW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE</font> <font size="1">WHO</font> <font size="1">BRING GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS</font>! <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/10-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, L<font size="1">ORD</font>, <font size="1">WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR</font> <font size="1">REPORT</font>? <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/10-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>So faith <i>comes</i> from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/10-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>But I say, surely they have never heard, have they? Indeed they have;<br>         T<font size="1">HEIR VOICE HAS GONE OUT INTO ALL THE EARTH</font>,<br>         A<font size="1">ND THEIR WORDS TO THE ENDS OF THE</font> <font size="1">WORLD</font>.<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/10-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>But I say, surely Israel did not know, did they? First Moses says,<br>         I <font size="1">WILL</font> <font size="1">MAKE YOU JEALOUS BY THAT</font> <font size="1">WHICH IS NOT A NATION</font>,<br>         B<font size="1">Y A NATION WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING WILL</font> I <font size="1">ANGER</font> <font size="1">YOU</font>.<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/10-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>And Isaiah is very bold and says,<br>         I <font size="1">WAS FOUND BY THOSE WHO DID NOT SEEK</font> M<font size="1">E</font>,<br>         I <font size="1">BECAME MANIFEST TO THOSE WHO DID NOT ASK FOR</font> M<font size="1">E</font>.<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/10-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>But as for Israel He says, A<font size="1">LL THE DAY LONG</font> I <font size="1">HAVE STRETCHED OUT</font> M<font size="1">Y HANDS TO A DISOBEDIENT AND OBSTINATE</font> <font size="1">PEOPLE</font>. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/romans/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But the righteousness which is of faith saith thus, Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down:)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/romans/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But the justice which is of faith, speaketh thus: Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? that is, to bring Christ down; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/romans/10.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />But the righteousness of faith speaks thus: Do not say in thine heart, Who shall ascend to the heavens? that is, to bring Christ down;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/romans/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But the righteousness which is of faith saith thus, Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down:)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/romans/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But the righteousness which is by faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/romans/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />But the righteousness which is based on faith speaks in a different tone. "Say not in your heart," it declares, "'Who shall ascend to Heaven?'" --that is, to bring Christ down;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/romans/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But 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);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/romans/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the righteousness of faith doth thus speak: 'Thou mayest not say in thine heart, Who shall go up to the heaven,' that is, Christ to bring down?<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah_vol_2/sermon_xxxi_the_gospel_message.htm">The Gospel Message, Good Tidings</a><br></span><span class="snippet">[As it is written] How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the Gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! T he account which the Apostle Paul gives of his first reception among the Galatians (Galatians 4:15) , exemplifies the truth of this passage. He found them in a state of ignorance and misery; alienated from God, and enslaved to the blind and comfortless superstitions of idolatry. His preaching, accompanied with the power of the Holy Spirit, had a great and marvellous effect. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah_vol_2/sermon_xxxi_the_gospel_message.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Newton—</span><span class="citation2">Messiah Vol. 2</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah_vol_2/sermon_xxxii_the_progress_of.htm">The Progress of the Gospel</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the end of the world. T he heavens declare the glory of God (Psalm 19:1) . The grandeur of the arch over our heads, the number and lustre of the stars, the beauty of the light, the splendour of the sun, the regular succession of day and night, and of the seasons of the year, are such proofs of infinite wisdom and power, that the Scripture attributes to them a voice, a universal language, intelligible to all mankind, accommodated to every capacity. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah_vol_2/sermon_xxxii_the_progress_of.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Newton—</span><span class="citation2">Messiah Vol. 2</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_18_1872/how_can_i_obtain_faith.htm">How Can I Obtain Faith?</a><br></span><span class="snippet">May the Spirit of God assist us while we meditate upon the way by which faith cometh. This shall be followed by a brief indication of certain obstructions which often lie in that way; and then we will conclude by dwelling upon the importance that faith should come to us by that appointed road. I. First, then, THE WAY BY WHICH FAITH COMES TO MEN. "Faith cometh by hearing." It may help to set the truth out more clearly, if we say, negatively, that it does not come by any other process than by hearing;--not <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_18_1872/how_can_i_obtain_faith.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 18: 1872</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_22_1876/christ_the_end_of_the.htm">Christ the End of the Law</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The reason why many do not come to Christ is not because they are not earnest, after a fashion, and thoughtful and desirous to be saved, but because they cannot brook God's way of salvation. "They have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge," We do get them by our exhortation so far on the way that they become desirous to obtain eternal life, but "they have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God." Mark, "submitted themselves," for it needs submission. Proud man wants to save <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_22_1876/christ_the_end_of_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 22: 1876</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_3_1857/a_simple_sermon_for_seeking.htm">A Simple Sermon for Seeking Souls</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Now, I think, I shall not this morning err in his point of view, for I shall assume that some of my congregation, at least, are totally unacquainted with the great plan of salvation. And you that know it well, and have tried its preciousness, will bear with me, I am sure, whilst I try in the simplest words that human lips can put together to tell out the story of how men are lost, and how men are saved according to the words of my text by calling upon the name of the Lord. Well then, we must begin <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_3_1857/a_simple_sermon_for_seeking.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 3: 1857</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_37_1891/barriers_broken_down.htm">Barriers Broken Down</a><br></span><span class="snippet">YOU THAT HAVE YOUR BIBLES OPEN, kindly follow me from the first verse of the chapter. It begins, "Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved." If you really desire that men should be saved, pray for them. It is an empty wish, a mere formality, if you do not turn it into prayer. Every loving desire for any man or woman should, by the believer, be taken before God in prayer. We cannot expect that God will save men unless his people pray for it. There must <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_37_1891/barriers_broken_down.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 37: 1891</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_4_1858/sovereign_grace_and_mans_responsibility.htm">Sovereign Grace and Man's Responsibility</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The system of truth is not one straight line, but two. No man will ever get a right view of the gospel until he knows how to look at the two lines at once. I am taught in one book to believe that what I sow I shall reap: I am taught in another place, that "it is not of him that willeth nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy." I see in one place, God presiding over all in providence; and yet I see, and I cannot help seeing, that man acts as he pleases, and that God has left his actions <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_4_1858/sovereign_grace_and_mans_responsibility.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 4: 1858</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/sermon_xii_thou_shall_keep.htm">"Thou Shall Keep Him in Perfect Peace, Whose Mind is Stayed on Thee, Because He Trusteth in Thee. "</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Isaiah xxvi. 3.--"Thou shall keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee." All men love to have privileges above others. Every one is upon the design and search after some well-being, since Adam lost that which was true happiness. We all agree upon the general notion of it, but presently men divide in the following of particulars. Here all men are united in seeking after some good; something to satisfy their souls, and satiate their desires. Nay, but they <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/sermon_xii_thou_shall_keep.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Hugh Binning—</span><span class="citation2">The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/temple/essays_and_reviews_the_education_of_the_world/seances_historiques_de_genevethe_national.htm">Seances Historiques De Geneve --The National Church. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">IN the city of Geneva, once the stronghold of the severest creed of the Reformation, Christianity itself has of late years received some very rude shocks. But special attempts have been recently made to counteract their effects and to re-organize the Christian congregations upon Evangelical principles. In pursuance of this design, there have been delivered and published during the last few years a series of addresses by distinguished persons holding Evangelical sentiments, entitled Séances <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/temple/essays_and_reviews_the_education_of_the_world/seances_historiques_de_genevethe_national.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Frederick Temple—</span><span class="citation2">Essays and Reviews: The Education of the World</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gerberding/the_way_of_salvation_in_the_lutheran_church/chapter_xii_confirmation.htm">Confirmation. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">In our studies concerning the methods of Grace, or the application of the Salvation purchased by Christ, to the sinful race of Adam's children, we necessarily had to begin with the new-born child. We noted the first known operations of Grace at the baptismal font. We traced the infant through the holy influences received at a Christian mother's knee, and in the nurture of a Christian home. We followed up through the lessons and influences of the Church's nursery, the Sunday-school, and from thence <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gerberding/the_way_of_salvation_in_the_lutheran_church/chapter_xii_confirmation.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">G. H. Gerberding—</span><span class="citation2">The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kuyper/the_work_of_the_holy_spirit/xxxvii_faith_in_the_sacred.htm">Faith in the Sacred Scriptures. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"With the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." --Rom. x. 10. Calvin says beautifully and comprehensively that the object of saving faith is none other than the Mediator, and invariably in the garments of the Sacred Scriptures. This should be accepted unconditionally. Saving faith is possible, therefore, only in sinful men and so long as they remain sinful. To suppose that saving faith existed already in Paradise is to destroy the order of <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kuyper/the_work_of_the_holy_spirit/xxxvii_faith_in_the_sacred.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Abraham Kuyper—</span><span class="citation2">The Work of the Holy Spirit</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/romans/10-6.htm">Romans 10:6 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/romans/10-6.htm">Romans 10:6 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/romans/10-6.htm">Romans 10:6 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/romans/10-6.htm">Romans 10:6 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/romans/10-6.htm">Romans 10:6 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/romans/10-6.htm">Romans 10:6 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/romans/10-6.htm">Romans 10:6 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../romans/10-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Romans 10:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Romans 10:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../romans/10-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Romans 10:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Romans 10:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/romans/10-6.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>