Romans 10

Salvation for All

1 Family, I am telling you straight up, my heart’s desire and prayer to God is for my people to get saved.

2 I know they got mad passion for God, but it is not based on real knowledge.

3 They are out here trying to establish their own righteousness because they did not recognize God’s righteousness. So, they are not submitting to what God set up.

4 Christ is the end of the law, so everyone who believes in Him can be made righteous.

5 Moses laid it out like this: if you want to live by the law, you must follow it all perfectly.

6 But righteousness that comes from faith, It is different. Do not be saying, “Who is going to go up to heaven?” like you need to bring Christ down.

7 Or, “Who is going to go down to the dead?” like you must bring Christ up from the grave.

8 Nah, the word is right there, close to you, in your mouth and in your heart. That is the word of faith we preaching.

9 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.

10 It is by believing in your heart that you are made righteous, and by declaring with your mouth that you are saved.

11 Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in Him will not be disappointed.”

12 There is no difference between Jew and non-Jew, same Lord over all, and He is generous to everyone who calls on Him.

13 Because everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

14 But how can they call on Him if they never believed in Him, And how can they believe in Him if they never heard of Him, And how can they hear without someone preaching to them,

15 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent, Like it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

16 But not everybody accepted the good news. Isaiah said, “Lord, who believed what they heard from us?”

17 So faith comes from hearing, and what we hear comes from the word of Christ.

18 But I ask, did they not hear, Oh, they heard alright. “Their voice went out to the whole earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”

19 Then I ask, did Israel not understand, First Moses said, “I will make you jealous with those who are not even a nation. I will make you mad with a nation that does not understand.”

20 Isaiah gets bold and says, “I was found by people who were not even looking for Me; I showed up to those who were not asking for Me.”

21 But about Israel, God says, “All day long I have been reaching out to a stubborn and rebellious people.”