{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/romans/10","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T02:35:03.406Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Romans","bookSlug":"romans","chapter":10,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":9,"nextChapter":11,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God is for Israel, that they may be saved."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn't subject themselves to the righteousness of God."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, |The one who does them will live by them.|"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But the righteousness which is of faith says this, |Don't say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' (that is, to bring Christ down);"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"or, 'Who will descend into the abyss?' (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)|"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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 preach:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For the Scripture says, |Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.|"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For, |Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.|"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: |How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!|"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"But they didn't all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, |Lord, who has believed our report?|"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"But I say, didn't they hear? Yes, most certainly, |Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.|"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"But I ask, didn't Israel know? First Moses says, |I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, with a nation void of understanding I will make you angry.|"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Isaiah is very bold, and says, |I was found by those who didn't seek me. I was revealed to those who didn't ask for me.|"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"But as to Israel he says, |All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Romans 10 (WEB)","markdown":"[Romans 10](https://primebible.com/web/romans/10)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/romans/10 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}