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| 10:1 |
Brethren, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation.
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| 10:2 |
For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge.
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| 10:3 |
For not knowing about God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
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| 10:4 |
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
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| 10:5 |
For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that righteousness.
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| 10:6 |
But the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' (that is, to bring Christ down),
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| 10:7 |
or 'Who will descend into the abyss?' (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead)."
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| 10:8 |
But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart"--that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,
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| 10:9 |
that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
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| 10:10 |
for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
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| 10:11 |
For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed."
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| 10:12 |
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him;
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| 10:13 |
for "Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved."
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| 10:14 |
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?
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| 10:15 |
How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!"
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| 10:16 |
However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"
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| 10:17 |
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
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| 10:18 |
But I say, surely they have never heard, have they? Indeed they have; "Their voice has gone out into all the earth, And their words to the ends of the world."
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| 10:19 |
But I say, surely Israel did not know, did they? First Moses says, "I will make you jealous by that which is not a nation, By a nation without understanding will I anger you."
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| 10:20 |
And Isaiah is very bold and says, "I was found by those who did not seek Me, I became manifest to those who did not ask for Me."
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| 10:21 |
But as for Israel He says, "All the day long I have stretched out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people."
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