Romans 10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 10
1 [a]Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God on their behalf is for salvation.(A) 2 I testify with regard to them that they have zeal for God, but it is not discerning.(B) 3 For, in their unawareness of the righteousness that comes from God and their attempt to establish their own [righteousness], they did not submit to the righteousness of God.(C) 4 For Christ is the end[b] of the law for the justification of everyone who has faith.(D)
5 [c]Moses writes about the righteousness that comes from [the] law, “The one who does these things will live by them.”(E) 6 But the righteousness that comes from faith says,(F) “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will go up into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 [d]or ‘Who will go down into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”(G) 8 But what does it say?
“The word is near you,
in your mouth and in your heart”(H)
(that is, the word of faith that we preach), 9 for, if you confess[e] with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.(I) 10 For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. 11 For the scripture says, “No one who believes in him will be put to shame.”(J) 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all, enriching all who call upon him.(K) 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”(L)
14 [f]But how can they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?(M) 15 And how can people preach unless they are sent? As it is written,(N) “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring [the] good news!”[g] 16 But not everyone has heeded the good news; for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what was heard from us?”(O) 17 Thus faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ.(P) 18 But I ask, did they not hear? Certainly they did; for
“Their voice has gone forth to all the earth,
and their words to the ends of the world.”(Q)
19 But I ask, did not Israel understand?(R) First Moses says:
“I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation;
with a senseless nation I will make you angry.”
20 (S)Then Isaiah speaks boldly and says:
“I was found [by] those who were not seeking me;
I revealed myself to those who were not asking for me.”
21 But regarding Israel he says, “All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contentious people.”
Footnotes
- 10:1–13 Despite Israel’s lack of faith in God’s act in Christ, Paul does not abandon hope for her salvation (Rom 10:1). However, Israel must recognize that the Messiah’s arrival in the person of Jesus Christ means the termination of the Mosaic law as the criterion for understanding oneself in a valid relationship to God. Faith in God’s saving action in Jesus Christ takes precedence over any such legal claim (Rom 10:6).
- 10:4 The Mosaic legislation has been superseded by God’s action in Jesus Christ. Others understand end here in the sense that Christ is the goal of the law, i.e., the true meaning of the Mosaic law, which cannot be correctly understood apart from him. Still others believe that both meanings are intended.
- 10:5–6 The subject of the verb says (Rom 10:6) is righteousness personified. Both of the statements in Rom 10:5, 6 derive from Moses, but Paul wishes to contrast the language of law and the language of faith.
- 10:7 Here Paul blends Dt 30:13 and Ps 107:26.
- 10:9–11 To confess Jesus as Lord was frequently quite hazardous in the first century (cf. Mt 10:18; 1 Thes 2:2; 1 Pt 2:18–21; 3:14). For a Jew it could mean disruption of normal familial and other social relationships, including great economic sacrifice. In the face of penalties imposed by the secular world, Christians are assured that no one who believes in Jesus will be put to shame (Rom 10:11).
- 10:14–21 The gospel has been sufficiently proclaimed to Israel, and Israel has adequately understood God’s plan for the messianic age, which would see the gospel brought to the uttermost parts of the earth. As often in the past, Israel has not accepted the prophetic message; cf. Acts 7:51–53.
- 10:15 How beautiful are the feet of those who bring [the] good news: in Semitic fashion, the parts of the body that bring the messenger with welcome news are praised; cf. Lk 11:27.
Roma 10
Ang Biblia (1978)
10 Mga kapatid, (A)ang nais ng aking puso at ang aking panalangin sa Dios ay patungkol sa kanila, upang sila'y mangaligtas.
2 Sapagka't sila'y pinatotohanan ko (B)na may mga pagmamalasakit sa Dios, datapuwa't hindi ayon sa pagkakilala.
3 Sapagka't sa hindi nila pagkaalam ng katuwiran ng Dios, at sa pagsusumakit na maitayo ang sariling kanila, (C)ay hindi sila napasakop sa katuwiran ng Dios.
4 Sapagka't si (D)Cristo ang kinauuwian ng kautusan sa ikatutuwid ng bawa't sumasampalataya.
5 Sapagka't isinulat ni Moises na (E)ang tao na gumagawa ng katuwirang ayon sa kautusan ay mabubuhay dahil dito.
6 Datapuwa't sinasabi ng katuwiran ayon sa pananampalataya ang ganito, (F)Huwag mong sabihin sa iyong puso, Sino ang aakyat sa langit? (sa makatuwid baga'y (G)upang ibaba si Cristo:)
7 O, Sino ang mananaog sa kalalimlaliman? (sa makatuwid baga'y upang iakyat si Cristo mula sa mga patay.)
8 Datapuwa't ano ang sinasabi nito? Ang salita ay (H)malapit sa iyo, sa iyong bibig, at sa iyong puso: sa makatuwid baga'y ang salita ng pananampalataya na aming ipinangangaral:
9 Sapagka't (I)kung ipahahayag mo ng iyong bibig si Jesus na Panginoon, at sasampalataya ka sa iyong puso na binuhay siyang maguli ng Dios sa mga patay ay maliligtas ka:
10 Sapagka't ang tao'y nanampalataya ng puso sa ikatutuwid; at ginagawa sa pamamagitan ng bibig ang pagpapahayag sa ikaliligtas.
11 Sapagka't sinasabi ng kasulatan, (J)Ang lahat na sa kaniya'y nagsisisampalataya ay hindi mapapahiya.
12 Sapagka't (K)walang pagkakaiba ang Judio at ang Griego: sapagka't ang Panginoon din ay (L)siyang Panginoon ng lahat, at mayaman siya sa lahat ng sa kaniya'y nagsisitawag:
13 Sapagka't, Ang (M)lahat na nagsisitawag sa pangalan ng Panginoon ay mangaliligtas.
14 Paano nga silang magsisitawag doon sa hindi nila sinampalatayanan? at paano silang magsisisampalataya sa kaniya na hindi nila napakinggan? at paano silang mangakikinig na walang tagapangaral?
15 At paano silang magsisipangaral, kung hindi sila mga (N)sinugo? gaya nga ng nasusulat, (O)Anong pagkaganda ng mga paa niyaong mga nagdadala ng masasayang balita ng mga bagay na mabuti!
16 Datapuwa't hindi silang lahat ay nakinig ng masasayang balita. Sapagka't sinasabi ni Isaias, (P)Panginoon, sino ang naniwala sa aming balita?
17 Kaya nga ang paniniwala'y nanggagaling sa pakikinig, at ang pakikinig ay sa pamamagitan ng salita ni Cristo.
18 Datapuwa't sinasabi ko, Hindi baga sila'y nangakinig? (Q)Oo, tunay nga,
Ang tinig nila ay kumalat sa buong lupa,
At ang kanilang mga salita'y hanggang sa mga dulo ng sanglibutan.
19 Datapuwa't sinasabi ko, Hindi baga nalalaman ng Israel? Unauna'y sinasabi ni Moises,
(R)Ipamumungkahi ko kayo sa paninibugho sa pamamagitan niyaong hindi bansa,
Sa pamamagitan ng (S)isang bansang mangmang ay gagalitin ko kayo.
20 At si Isaias ay buong tapang na nagsasabi,
(T)Ako'y nasumpungan nilang mga hindi nagsisihanap sa akin;
Nahayag ako sa kanilang mga hindi nagsisipagtanong tungkol sa akin.
21 Datapuwa't tungkol sa Israel ay sinasabi niya,
(U)Sa buong araw ay iniunat ko ang aking mga kamay sa isang bayang suwail at matutol.
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