Romans 10:9

Confess with your mouth "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God actually raised him from the dead, and you will be saved.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

In Context

8But what does it say? The word is near thee, even in thy mouth and in thy heart. That is the very word of faith which we preach;

10For with the heart man believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:32"Every one, then, who will confess me before men, I also will confess before my Father who is in heaven.

John 6:69"and we have learned to believe and we know that you are the holy one of God."

John 12:42Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed on him, but did not confess in on account of the Pharisees, for fear lest they be put out of the Synagogue.

Acts 2:24but God has raised him to life, having loosed the pangs of death, because it was not possible for death to hold him.

Acts 16:31"Believe on the Lord Jesus," they answered, "and you will be saved, you and all your household."

Romans 14:11For it is written, "As I live," says the Lord, "to me every knee shall bow, And to God shall every tongue confess."

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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