The Word of Faith Brings Salvation
1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is fortheirsalvation.
2 For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge.
3 For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
5 For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that righteousness.
6 But the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who willascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down),
7 or ‘Who will descend into theabyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”
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,
9 that if you confess with your mouth JesusasLord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes inHim will not bedisappointed.”
12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the sameLordis Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him;
13 for “Whoever will call on the name of theLord will be saved.”
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?
15 How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of thosewhobring good news of good things!”
16 However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, “Lord,who has believed ourreport?”
17 So faithcomesfrom hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
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 theworld.”
19 But I say, surely Israel did not know, did they? First Moses says,
“Iwillmake you jealous by thatwhich is not a nation,
By a nation without understanding willIangeryou.”
20 And Isaiah is very bold and says,
“Iwas found by those who did not seekMe,
Ibecame manifest to those who did not ask forMe.”
21 But as for Israel He says, “All the day longIhave stretched outMy hands to a disobedient and obstinatepeople.”
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