1 Brothers, indeed the good pleasure of my heart and [my] supplication to God on behalf of them [is] for salvation. VP
2 For I testify about them that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. VP
3 For being ignorant of the righteousness of God and seeking to establish [their] own righteousness, they did not submit to the righteousness of God. VP
4 For [the] end of law [is] Christ, unto righteousness to everyone believing. VP
5 For Moses writes [of] the righteousness that [is] of the law that, “The man having done these things will live in them.” VP
6 But the righteousness of faith speaks thus: “You should not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring down Christ), VP
7 or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring up Christ out from [the] dead).” VP
8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith that we proclaim, VP
9 that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus [is] Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him out from [the] dead, you will be saved. VP
10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses unto salvation. VP
11 For the Scripture says, “Everyone believing on Him will not be put to shame.” VP
12 For there is no difference between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord of all is rich to all those calling upon Him, VP
13 for, “Whoever shall call upon the name of [the] Lord will be saved.” VP
14 How then can they call upon [One] in whom they did not believe? And how can they believe in [One] of whom they did not hear? And how can they hear apart from [one] preaching? VP
15 And how can they preach unless they can be sent? As it has been written: “How beautiful [are] the feet of those proclaiming good news of good things!” VP
16 But not all heeded the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?” VP
17 So faith [is] by hearing, and hearing [is] through [the] word of Christ. VP
18 But I say, did they not hear? Indeed: “Into all the earth their voice went out, and to the ends of the world their words.” VP
19 But I say, did Israel not know? First, Moses says: “I will provoke you⁺ to jealousy by [those] not a nation; I will provoke you⁺ to anger by a nation without understanding.” VP
20 And Isaiah is very bold and says: “I was found by those not seeking Me; I made [Myself] manifest to those not inquiring after Me.” VP
21 But to Israel he says: “All the day I stretched out My hands to a disobeying and contradicting people.” VP