Romans 10:8

But what does it say? "The Message is close to you, in your mouth and in your heart;" that is, the Message which we are publishing about the faith--

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

7"nor `Who shall go down into the abyss?'" --that is, to bring Christ up again from the grave.

9that if with your mouth you confess Jesus as Lord and in your heart believe that God brought Him back to life, you shall be saved.

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Cross References

Acts 10:43To Him all the Prophets bear witness, and testify that through His name all who believe in Him receive the forgiveness of their sins."

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

Romans 10:17And this proves that faith comes from a Message heard, and that the Message comes through its having been spoken by Christ.

Galatians 3:5He who gives you His Spirit and works miracles among you--does He do so on the ground of your obedience to the Law, or is it the result of your having heard and believed:

1 Peter 1:23For you have been begotten again by God's ever-living and enduring word from a germ not of perishable, but of imperishable life.

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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