Romans 10:7

or, “Who will go down to the abyss?” (that is, to bring up Christ out of the dead).

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In The King James Version

Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)

In Context

6and the righteousness of faith thus speaks: “You may not say in your heart, Who will go up to Heaven?” (that is, to bring Christ down)

8But what does it say? “The saying is near you—in your mouth, and in your heart”: that is, the saying of the faith that we preach;

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Cross References

Romans 4:25who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous.

1 Peter 3:18also because Christ suffered once for sin—righteous for unrighteous—that He might lead us to God, indeed having been put to death in the flesh, but having been made alive in the Spirit,

Revelation 1:18and He who is living, and I became dead, and behold, I am living through the ages of the ages. Amen! And I have the keys of Hades and of death.

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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