Romans 10
Lexham English Bible
The Righteousness of God through Faith in Christ
10 Brothers, the desire of my heart and my prayer to God on behalf of them is for their salvation. 2 For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For ignoring the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own,[a] 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 about the righteousness that is from the law: “The person who does this[b] will live by it.”[c][d] 6 But the righteousness from faith speaks like this: “Do not say in your heart,[e] ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’”[f] (that is, to bring Christ down), 7 or “Who will descend into the abyss?”[g] (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near to you, in your mouth and in your heart”[h] (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim), 9 that[i] if you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses, resulting in salvation. 11 For the scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”[j] 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, who is rich to all who call upon him. 13 For “everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.”[k]
14 How then will they call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how will they believe in him about whom they have not heard? And how will they hear about him without one who preaches to them? 15 And how will they preach, unless they are sent? Just as it is written, “How timely are the feet of those who bring good news of good things.”[l] 16 But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”[m] 17 Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing through the word about Christ.
18 But I say, they have not heard, have they?[n] On the contrary,
“Their voice has gone out to all the earth,
and their words to the ends of the inhabited world.”[o]
19 But I say, Israel did not know, did they?[p] First, Moses says,
“I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation;
by a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger.”[q]
20 And Isaiah is very bold and says,
“I was found by those who did not seek me;
I became known to those who did not ask for me.”[r]
21 But about Israel he says,
“The whole day long I held out my hands
to a disobedient and resistant people.”[s]
Footnotes
- Romans 10:3 Some manuscripts have “their own righteousness”
- Romans 10:5 Some manuscripts explicitly state “these things”
- Romans 10:5 A quotation from Lev 18:5
- Romans 10:5 Some manuscripts have “them”
- Romans 10:6 A quotation from Deut 9:4
- Romans 10:6 A quotation from Deut 30:12
- Romans 10:7 A quotation from Deut 30:13
- Romans 10:8 A quotation from Deut 30:14
- Romans 10:9 Or “because”
- Romans 10:11 A quotation from Isa 28:16
- Romans 10:13 A quotation from Joel 2:32
- Romans 10:15 A quotation from Isa 52:7; Nah 1:15
- Romans 10:16 A quotation from Isa 53:1
- Romans 10:18 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here
- Romans 10:18 A quotation from Ps 19:4
- Romans 10:19 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here
- Romans 10:19 A quotation from Deut 32:21
- Romans 10:20 A quotation from Isa 65:1
- Romans 10:21 A quotation from Isa 65:2
罗马书 10
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
10 弟兄們，我心裡切切盼望的，並且為以色列人向 神祈求的，是要他們得救。 2 我可以為他們作證，他們對 神有熱心，但不是按著真見識； 3 他們既然不明白 神的義，而又企圖建立自己的義，就不服 神的義了。 4 因為律法的終極就是基督，使所有信的人都得著義。
求告主名的都必得救
5 論到出於律法的義，摩西寫著說：“遵行這些事的人就必因這些事而活。” 6 但那出於信心的義卻這樣說：“你心裡不要說：‘誰要升到天上去呢？’（就是要把基督領下來，） 7 或是說：‘誰要下到深淵去呢？’（就是要把基督從死人中領上來。）” 8 然而那出於信心的義還說甚麼呢？
“這話與你相近，
在你口裡，也在你心裡。”
這話就是我們所傳信心的信息。 9 你若口裡認耶穌為主，心裡信 神使他從死人中復活，就必得救； 10 因為心裡相信就必稱義，用口承認就必得救。 11 經上說：“所有信靠他的人，必不致失望。” 12 其實並不分猶太人和希臘人，因為大家同有一位主；他厚待所有求告他的人， 13 因為“凡求告主名的，都必得救。”
14 然而，人還沒有信他，怎能求告他呢？沒有聽見他，怎能信他呢？沒有人傳揚，怎能聽見呢？ 15 如果沒有蒙差遣，怎能傳揚呢？如經上所記：“那些傳美事報喜訊的人，他們的腳蹤多麼美！” 16 但並不是所有的人都順從福音，因為以賽亞說：“主啊，我們所傳的，有誰信呢？” 17 可見信心是從所聽的道來的，所聽的道是藉著基督的話來的。 18 但是我要說，他們沒有聽見嗎？他們的確聽見了，如經上所記：
“他們的聲音傳遍全地，
他們的言語傳到地極。”
19 我再說：以色列人真的不明白嗎？首先，摩西說：
“我要使你們對那不是子民的生嫉妒，
對那無知的民族起忿怒。”
20 後來，以賽亞也放膽地說：
“沒有尋找我的，我讓他們找到；
沒有求問我的，我向他們顯現。”
21 論到以色列人，他卻說：
“我整天向那悖逆頂嘴的子民伸開雙手。”
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