Romans · Chapter 10

[ edit] Briþeren, ſoþli þe will of myn herte and my biſeching is maad to God for hem in to heelþe. Forſoþe I bere witneſſinge to hem, for þei han loue of God, but not vp kunnynge. Soþli þei vnknowynge Goddis riȝtwyſneſſe, and ſekinge for to make ſtedefaſt her owne, ben not ſuget to þe riȝtwyſneſſe of God. Forſoþe þe ende of þe lawe Criſt, to riȝtwyſneſſe to ech man bileuynge. Soþli Moyſes wrot, For þe man þat ſchal do riȝtwyſneſſe þat is of þe lawe, ſchal lyue in it.

Forſoþ þe riȝtwyſneſſe þat is of byleue, ſeiþ þus, Seie þou not in þin herte, Who ſchal ſtyȝe into heuene? þat is to ſeie, for to lede doun Criſt; or who ſchal go doun in to depneſſe, or helle? þat is, for to aȝen clepe Criſt fro þe deede ſpiritis. But what ſeiþ þe ſcripture? Þe word is nyȝ in þi mouþ, and in þin herte; þis is þe word of bileue, þe which we prechen. Þat if þou knowleche in þi mouþ þe Lord Jheſu Criſt, and byleueſt in þin herte, þat God reiſide him fro deede ſpiritis, þou ſchalt be ſaaf. Forſoþ by herte men bileueþ to riȝtwyſneſſe, by mouþ ſoþli knowleching is maad to helþe. Soþli þe ſcripture ſeiþ, Ech þat bileueþ into him, ſchal not be confoundid.

Soþli þer is no diſtynccioun of Jew and Greek; for why þe ſame Lord of alle, ryche into alle, þat inclepen him. Forſoþ ech man who euere ſchal inclepe þe name of þe Lord, ſchal be ſaaf. How þerfore ſchulen þei inclepyn hym, into whom þei han not bileued? or how ſchulen þei bileue to hym, whom þei herden not? How forſoþ ſchulen þei heere, wiþ outen þe prechinge? or how ſchulen þei preche, no but if þei be ſent? As it is writun, How faire þe feet of men euangeliſinge pees, of prechinge goode þingis. But not alle men obeiſchen to þe goſpel. Forſoþ Yſaie ſeiþ, Lord, who bileuyde to oure heeringe? Þerfore feiþ of heeringe, heering forſoþ by þe word of Criſt. But I ſeye, Wher þei herden not?

And ſoþli þe word of hem wente out into al erþe, and into þe endis of þe roundneſſe of þe erþe her wordis. But I ſeie, Wher Iſrael knew not? Firſt Moyſes ſeiþ, I ſchal lede ȝou to enuye, into not a folk; into an vnwys folk, I ſchal ſende ȝou in to wraþþe. Forſoþ Yſaie dar, and ſeiþ, I am foundyn of men not ſekinge me; openly I apperide to hem, þat axiden not me. Forſoþe to Yrael he ſeiþ, Al day I ſtreiȝte out my hondis to a peple not bileuynge to me, but aȝen ſeyinge.