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Romans 10 Bible in Basic English
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1 Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is, that they may get salvation.
1 Ἀδελφοί, ἡ μὲν εὐδοκία τῆς ἐμῆς καρδίας καὶ ἡ δέησις ἡ πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ ἐστιν εἰς σωτηρίαν·
2 For I give witness of them that they have a strong desire for God, but not with knowledge.
2 μαρτυρῶ γὰρ αὐτοῖς ὅτι ζῆλον Θεοῦ ἔχουσιν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ κατ᾽ ἐπίγνωσιν.
3 Because, not having knowledge of God's righteousness, and desiring to give effect to their righteousness, they have not put themselves under the righteousness of God.
3 ἀγνοοῦντες γὰρ τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ δικαιοσύνην, καὶ τὴν ἰδίαν δικαιοσύνην ζητοῦντες στῆσαι, τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐχ ὑπετάγησαν.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who has faith.
4 τέλος γὰρ νόμου Χριστὸς εἰς δικαιοσύνην παντὶ τῷ πιστεύοντι.
5 For Moses says that the man who does the righteousness which is of the law will get life by it.
5 Μωϋσῆς γὰρ γράφει τὴν δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐκ τοῦ νόμου, ὅτι ὁ ποιήσας αὐτὰ ἄνθρωπος ζήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς·
6 But the righteousness which is of faith says these words, Say not in your heart, Who will go up to heaven? (that is, to make Christ come down:)
6 ἡ δὲ ἐκ πίστεως δικαιοσύνη οὕτω λέγει· μὴ εἴπῃς ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου, τίς ἀναβήσεται εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν; τοῦτ᾽ ἔστι Χριστὸν καταγαγεῖν·
7 Or, Who will go down into the deep? (that is, to make Christ come again from the dead:)
7 ἢ τίς καταβήσεται εἰς τὴν ἄβυσσον; τοῦτ᾽ ἔστι Χριστὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναγαγεῖν.
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:
8 ἀλλὰ τί λέγει; ἐγγύς σου τὸ ῥῆμά ἐστιν, ἐν τῷ στόματί σου καὶ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου· τοῦτ᾽ ἔστι τὸ ῥῆμα τῆς πίστεως ὃ κηρύσσομεν.
9 Because, 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:
9 ὅτι ἐὰν ὁμολογήσῃς ἐν τῷ στόματί σου Κύριον Ἰησοῦν, καὶ πιστεύσῃς ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς αὐτὸν ἤγειρεν ἐκ νεκρῶν, σωθήσῃ·
10 For with the heart man has faith to get righteousness, and with the mouth he says that Jesus is Lord to get salvation.
10 καρδίᾳ γὰρ πιστεύεται εἰς δικαιοσύνην, στόματι δὲ ὁμολογεῖται εἰς σωτηρίαν.
11 Because it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has faith in him will not be shamed.
11 λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή· πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ οὐ καταισχυνθήσεται.
12 And the Jew is not different from the Greek: for there is the same Lord of all, who is good to all who have hope in his name:
12 οὐ γὰρ ἔστι διαστολὴ Ἰουδαίου τε καὶ Ἕλληνος· ὁ γὰρ αὐτὸς Κύριος πάντων, πλουτῶν εἰς πάντας τοὺς ἐπικαλουμένους αὐτόν·
13 Because, Whoever will give worship to the name of the Lord will get salvation.
13 πᾶς γὰρ ὃς ἂν ἐπικαλέσηται τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου σωθήσεται.
14 But how will they give worship to him in whom they have no faith? and how will they have faith in him of whom they have not had news? and how will they have news without a preacher?
14 πῶς οὖν ἐπικαλέσονται εἰς ὃν οὐκ ἐπίστευσαν; πῶς δὲ πιστεύσουσιν οὗ οὐκ ἤκουσαν; πῶς δὲ ἀκούσουσι χωρὶς κηρύσσοντος;
15 And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.
15 πῶς δὲ κηρύξουσιν ἐὰν μὴ ἀποσταλῶσι; καθὼς γέγραπται· ὡς ὡραῖοι οἱ πόδες τῶν εὐαγγελιζομένων εἰρήνην, τῶν εὐαγγελιζομένων τὰ ἀγαθά!
16 But they have not all given ear to the good news. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has had faith in our word?
16 Ἀλλ᾽ οὐ πάντες ὑπήκουσαν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ· Ἡσαΐας γὰρ λέγει· Κύριε, τίς ἐπίστευσε τῇ ἀκοῇ ἡμῶν;
17 So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
17 ἄρα ἡ πίστις ἐξ ἀκοῆς, ἡ δὲ ἀκοὴ διὰ ῥήματος Θεοῦ.
18 But I say, Did not the word come to their ears? Yes, certainly: Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
18 ἀλλὰ λέγω, μὴ οὐκ ἤκουσαν; μενοῦνγε εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν, καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν.
19 But I say, Had Israel no knowledge? First Moses says, You will be moved to envy by that which is not a nation, and by a foolish people I will make you angry.
19 ἀλλὰ λέγω, μὴ οὐκ ἔγνω Ἰσραήλ; πρῶτος Μωϋσῆς λέγει· ἐγὼ παραζηλώσω ὑμᾶς ἐπ᾽ οὐκ ἔθνει, ἐπὶ ἔθνει ἀσυνέτῳ παροργιῶ ὑμᾶς.
20 And Isaiah says without fear, Those who were not searching for me made discovery of me; and I was seen by those whose hearts were turned away from me.
20 Ἡσαΐας δὲ ἀποτολμᾷ καὶ λέγει· εὑρέθην τοῖς ἐμὲ μὴ ζητοῦσιν, ἐμφανὴς ἐγενόμην τοῖς ἐμὲ μὴ ἐπερωτῶσι.
21 But about Israel he says; All the day my hands have been stretched out to a people whose hearts were turned away, and who put themselves against my word.
21 πρὸς δὲ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ λέγει· ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἐξεπέτασα τὰς χεῖράς μου πρὸς λαὸν ἀπειθοῦντα καὶ ἀντιλέγοντα.
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Corinthians 9:20–22; John 5:34; Romans 9:1–3; Exodus 32:13; Jeremiah 18:20
- 2 Acts 21:20; Romans 9:31–32; Proverbs 19:2; Philippians 1:9; Philippians 3:6
- 3 Luke 16:15; Philippians 3:9; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Revelation 3:17–18; Romans 5:19
- 4 Galatians 3:24; Romans 8:3–4; Matthew 5:17–18; Acts 13:38–39; John 1:17
- 5 Leviticus 18:5; Nehemiah 9:29; Ezekiel 20:11; Ezekiel 20:13; Ezekiel 20:21
- 6 Deuteronomy 30:11–14; Proverbs 30:4; Ephesians 4:8–10; John 3:12–13; John 6:58
- 7 Hebrews 13:20; Revelation 1:18; Romans 4:25
- 8 Deuteronomy 30:14; Romans 1:16–17; 1 Timothy 4:6; 1 Peter 1:25; Galatians 3:2
- 9 Luke 12:8; Acts 16:31; Philippians 2:11; Matthew 10:32–33; 1 John 4:2–3
- 10 1 John 4:15; Romans 10:9; Galatians 2:16; John 1:12–13; John 3:19–21
- 11 Isaiah 28:16; Romans 9:33; 1 Peter 2:6; Isaiah 49:23; Jeremiah 17:7
- 12 Philippians 4:19; Revelation 17:14; Galatians 3:28; Romans 3:22; Colossians 3:11
- 13 Acts 2:21; Joel 2:32
- 14 Mark 16:15–16; Acts 26:17–18; Titus 1:3; Acts 8:31; Hebrews 11:6
- 15 Isaiah 52:7; Nahum 1:15; Ephesians 2:17; Matthew 28:18–20; Isaiah 61:1
- 16 Isaiah 53:1; Romans 3:3; John 12:38–40; Hebrews 4:2; Galatians 5:7
- 17 Galatians 3:2; Galatians 3:5; Colossians 3:16; Luke 11:28; 1 Thessalonians 2:13
- 18 Psalm 19:4; Matthew 24:14; Romans 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 1:8; Colossians 1:23
- 19 Deuteronomy 32:21; Romans 11:11; Romans 11:14; 1 Peter 2:10; Titus 3:3
- 20 Isaiah 65:1–2; Romans 9:30; Isaiah 55:4–5; Matthew 22:9–10; Isaiah 49:6
- 21 Isaiah 65:2–5; Proverbs 1:24; Jeremiah 35:15; Matthew 21:33–43; Nehemiah 9:26
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
He is now going again to rebuke them more vehemently than before. Wherefore he again does away with every suspicion of hatred, and makes a great effort beforehand to correct misapprehension. Do not then, he says, mind words or accusations, but observe that it is not in any hostile spirit that I say this.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
And again, when Paul says, "How beautiful are the feet of those bringing glad tidings of good things, and preaching the Gospel of peace," he shows clearly that it was not merely one, but there were many who used to preach the truth.
"But how shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? or how shall they believe without a preacher?" And those who seek the Lord shall praise Him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… I know nothing by myself," saith one, "yet am I not hereby justified:" --both for what we have done in ignorance, and what in knowledge; "For I bear them record," it is said, "that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge;" but yet this doth not suffice for an excuse for them.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And again he aims at them, and speaks thus, Say not in thine heart, who shall ascend into heaven; or who shall descend into the deep? that is, to bring up Christ from the dead; and in like manner warning as he has elsewhere written again, Remember Jesus Christ raised from the dead; and again, And if Christ be …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)