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49 lines
2.9 KiB
Markdown
Righteousness by Faith Alone
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# Chapter 10
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1. Brothers and sisters, my heart's desire and prayer to God concerning them is for their salvation.
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2. I can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
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3. Since they are ignorant of the righteousness of God and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted to God's righteousness.
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4. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes,
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5. since Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: <b class="quote">The one who does these things will live by them.**
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6. But the righteousness that comes from faith speaks like this: <b class="quote">Do not say in your heart, "Who will go up to heaven?"** that is, to bring Christ down
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7. or, <b class="quote">"Who will go down into the abyss?"** that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.
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8. On the contrary, what does it say? <b class="quote">The message is near you, in your mouth and in your heart.** This is the message of faith that we proclaim:
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9. 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.
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10. One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.
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11. For the Scripture says, <b class="quote">Everyone who believes on him will not be put to shame,**
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12. since there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, because the same Lord of all richly blesses all who call on him.
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13. For <b class="quote">everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.**
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Israel's Rejection of the Message
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14. How, then, can they call on him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about him? And how can they hear without a preacher?
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15. And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: <b class="quote">How beautiful* <b class="quote">are the feet of those who bring good news.*
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16. But not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, <b class="quote">Lord, who has believed our message?**
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17. So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ.
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18. But I ask, "Did they not hear?" Yes, they did:
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<b class="quote">Their voice has gone out to the whole earth,**
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<b class="quote">and their words to the ends of the world.**
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19. But I ask, "Did Israel not understand?" First, Moses said,
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<b class="quote">
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I will make you jealous**
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<b class="quote">of those who are not a nation;**
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<b class="quote">
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I will make you angry by a nation**
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<b class="quote">that lacks understanding.**
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20. And Isaiah says boldly,
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<b class="quote">
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I was found**
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<b class="quote">by those who were not looking for me;**
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<b class="quote">
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I revealed myself**
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<b class="quote">to those who were not asking for me.**
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21. But to Israel he says, <b class="quote">All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and defiant people.**
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