Romans 10:9-19

⁹This message is that if anyone of you confesses/says publicly that Jesus is Lord, and if you (sg) believe that God ◄caused him to become alive again after he died/raised him from the dead►, you will be saved { God will save you}.

¹⁰If people believe that Christ died and that God caused him to become alive again CHI, the result is that God will erase the record of their sins. And for those who state/declare publicly that Jesus is their Lord, the result is that God will save them.

¹¹It is written { Isaiah wrote} in the Scriptures PRS about the Messiah, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.”

¹²God treats Jews and non-Jews similarly. Because he is the same Lord for all people who believe in him, he abundantly blesses all who ask him to save them.

¹³This is just like what the prophet Joel wrote: “All those who ask the Lord God to save them will be saved {The Lord God will save all those who ask him to save them}.”

¹⁴In regard to the people of Israel rejecting the gospel, some people might object by saying, (OR, This raises another problem about the Jews:) “◄They certainly cannot ask Christ to save them if they have not first believed in him!/How can they ask Christ to help/save them if they have not first believed in him?► RHQ And ◄they certainly cannot believe in him if they have not heard about him!/how can they believe in him if they have not heard about him?► RHQ And ◄they certainly cannot hear about him if someone does not preach to them about him!/how can they hear about him if someone does not preach to them about him?► RHQ

¹⁵And those who preach to them about Christ, ◄certainly cannot preach if they are not sent by God {if God does not send them} to preach!/how can they preach if they are not sent by God {if God does not send them} to preach?► RHQ His sending messengers to them would be just like it is written {like someone wrote} in the Scriptures, ‘The arrival MTY of those who preach the good message is wonderful!’ ”

¹⁶I would reply in this way to people who say such things: God has indeed sent people to preach the message about Christ. But not all the people of Israel have paid attention to the good message! It is like what Isaiah said when he felt very discouraged, “Lord, it seems as if hardly anyone believed what they heard us (exc) preach! RHQ”

¹⁷So then, I tell you that people are believing in Christ as a result of hearing the message about him, and people are hearing the message as a result of people preaching about Christ!

¹⁸But if someone were to ask, “Have not the people of Israel heard the message about God?” I would reply that they certainly have heard it! It is like what is written in the Psalms, People living all over the world PRS, MTY have seen the stars, and what they indicate about God's character has reached people living in the most remote places in the world DOU!

¹⁹But someone might ask, “ Is it true that the people of MTY Israel understood the message about Christ?” I would reply that certainly they understood it, but they rejected it! Remember that Moses was the first one who warned the people of Israel about disobeying God. He told them that God said, You consider that non-Jewish groups are not nations at all CHI. But some of them will believe in me, and I will bless them. Then you will envy them. I will cause you to be angry with those people whom you Jews think do not understand my ways IRO.