Romans 10:8

But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart: that is, the word of faith of which we are the preachers:

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But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

In Context

7Or, Who will go down into the deep? (that is, to make Christ come again from the dead:)

9Because, if you say with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and have faith in your heart that God has made him come back from the dead, you will have salvation:

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Cross References

Isaiah 57:19I will give the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is near and to him who is far off, says the Lord; and I will make him well.

Acts 10:43To him all the prophets give witness, that through his name everyone who has faith in him will have forgiveness of sins.

Acts 16:31And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.

Romans 10:17So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Galatians 3:5He who gives you the Spirit, and does works of power among you, is it by the works of law, or by the hearing of faith?

1 Peter 1:23Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.

Matthew Henry on Romans 10:2-12

Paul's Discourse of Righteousness; The Method of Salvation. ( a. d. 58.) 1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. 2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. 5 For Moses describeth… Read the whole commentary →

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