For Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: “The person who does this[a] will live by it.”[b][c] But the righteousness from faith speaks like this: “Do not say in your heart,[d] ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’”[e] (that is, to bring Christ down), or “Who will descend into the abyss?”[f] (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 10:5 Some manuscripts explicitly state “these things
  2. Romans 10:5 A quotation from Lev 18:5
  3. Romans 10:5 Some manuscripts have “them”
  4. Romans 10:6 A quotation from Deut 9:4
  5. Romans 10:6 A quotation from Deut 30:12
  6. Romans 10:7 A quotation from Deut 30:13