English Bible Presentation Sharing - Romans Book, chapter 10, verse 16 in Ncv Version

Romans 10 : 1 (NCV)

Brothers and sisters, the thing I want most is for all the Jews to be saved. That is my prayer to God.

Romans 10 : 2 (NCV)

I can say this about them: They really try to follow God, but they do not know the right way.

Romans 10 : 3 (NCV)

Because they did not know the way that God makes people right with him, they tried to make themselves right in their own way. So they did not accept God's way of making people right.

Romans 10 : 4 (NCV)

Christ ended the law so that everyone who believes in him may be right with God.

Romans 10 : 5 (NCV)

Moses writes about being made right by following the law. He says, "A person who obeys these things will live because of them."

Romans 10 : 6 (NCV)

But this is what the Scripture says about being made right through faith: "Don't say to yourself, 'Who will go up into heaven?'" (That means, "Who will go up to heaven and bring Christ down to earth?")

Romans 10 : 7 (NCV)

"And do not say, 'Who will go down into the world below?'" (That means, "Who will go down and bring Christ up from the dead?")

Romans 10 : 8 (NCV)

This is what the Scripture says: "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart." That is the teaching of faith that we are telling.

Romans 10 : 9 (NCV)

If you use your mouth to say, "Jesus is Lord," and if you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 10 : 10 (NCV)

We believe with our hearts, and so we are made right with God. And we use our mouths to say that we believe, and so we are saved.

Romans 10 : 11 (NCV)

As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be disappointed."

Romans 10 : 12 (NCV)

That Scripture says "anyone" because there is no difference between those who are Jews and those who are not. The same Lord is the Lord of all and gives many blessings to all who trust in him,

Romans 10 : 13 (NCV)

as the Scripture says, "Anyone who calls on the Lord will be saved."

Romans 10 : 14 (NCV)

But before people can ask the Lord for help, they must believe in him; and before they can believe in him, they must hear about him; and for them to hear about the Lord, someone must tell them;

Romans 10 : 15 (NCV)

and before someone can go and tell them, that person must be sent. It is written, "How beautiful is the person who comes to bring good news."

Romans 10 : 16 (NCV)

But not all the Jews accepted the good news. Isaiah said, "Lord, who believed what we told them?"

Romans 10 : 17 (NCV)

So faith comes from hearing the Good News, and people hear the Good News when someone tells them about Christ.

Romans 10 : 18 (NCV)

But I ask: Didn't people hear the Good News? Yes, they heard -- as the Scripture says: "Their message went out through all the world; their words go everywhere on earth."

Romans 10 : 19 (NCV)

Again I ask: Didn't the people of Israel understand? Yes, they did understand. First, Moses says: "I will use those who are not a nation to make you jealous. I will use a nation that does not understand to make you angry." Deuteronomy

Romans 10 : 20 (NCV)

Then Isaiah is bold enough to say: "I was found by those who were not asking me for help. I made myself known to people who were not looking for me."

Romans 10 : 21 (NCV)

But about Israel God says, "All day long I stood ready to accept people who disobey and are stubborn."