| Chapter 10 |
| 1 | Brethren, my heart's desire and
prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. |
| 2 | For I bear
them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
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| 3 | For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to
establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the
righteousness of God. |
| 4 | For Christ is the end of the law for
righteousness to every one that believeth. |
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5 | For Moses describeth the
righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall
live by them. |
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6 | But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on
this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to
bring Christ down from above:) |
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7 | Or, Who shall descend into the deep?
(that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) |
| 8 | But what saith
it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the
word of faith, which we preach; |
| 9 | That if thou shalt confess with
thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised
him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. |
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10 | For with the heart man
believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation. |
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| For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall
not be ashamed. |
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12 | For there is no difference between the Jew and the
Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
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| 13 | For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
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| 14 | How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how
shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear
without a preacher? |
| 15 | And how shall they preach, except they be
sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the
gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! |
| 16 | But they
have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our
report? |
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| So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word
of God. |
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| But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound
went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. |
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But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to
jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger
you. |
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But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that
sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
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| 21 | But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands
unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. |
