Romans - Chapter 10

Passage

Brethren, the will of my heart, indeed and my prayer to God is for them to salvation. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they, not knowing the justice of God and seeking to establish their own, have not submitted themselves to the justice of God. For the end of the law is Christ: to justice to everyone that believes. For Moses wrote that the justice which is of the law: The man that shall do it shall live by it. But the justice which is of faith, speaks thus: Say not in your heart: Who shall ascend into heaven? That is to bring Christ down; Or who shall descend into the deep? That is, to bring up Christ again from the dead. But what says the scripture? The word is nigh you; even in your mouth and in your heart. This is the word of faith, which we preach. For if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him up from the dead, you shall be saved. For, with the heart, we believe to justice: but, with the mouth, confession is made to salvation. For the scripture says: Whoever believes in him shall not be confounded. For there is no distinction of the Jew and the Greek: for the same is Lord over all, rich to all that call upon him. For whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? Or how shall they believe him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they be sent, as it is written: How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, of them that bring glad tidings of good things? But all do not obey the gospel. For Isaiah says: Lord, who has believed our report? Faith then comes by hearing; and hearing by the word of Christ. But I say: Have they not heard? Yes, truly: Their sound has gone forth into all the earth: and their words to the ends of the whole world. But I say: Has not Israel known? First, Moses says: I will provoke you to jealousy by that which is not a nation: by a foolish nation I will anger you. But Isaiah is bold, and says: I was found by them that did not seek me. I appeared openly to them that asked not after me. But to Israel he says: All the day long have I spread my hands to a people that does not believe and contradicts me.