로마서 Chapter 10

Translation: ESV

1

Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.

Key Message

Paul genuinely prays for Israel's salvation, and predestinarian conviction and earnest prayer are not mutually exclusive.

▸After the theological discussion of chapter 9, chapter 10 begins with Paul's personal intercession.

After the theological discussion of chapter 9, chapter 10 begins with Paul's personal intercession. Even while discussing God's sovereign election, Paul prays for Israel's salvation. Predestination and prayer are not contradictory — precisely because he believes in God's sovereignty, he prays all the more earnestly.

Related Verses

For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.
4

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Key Message

Christ is the ultimate goal the law was pointing to, and through faith accomplishes righteousness for all who believe.

▸This is the core theological proposition of chapter 10.

9

because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Key Message

Salvation is confessing Jesus as Lord with the mouth and believing in his resurrection in the heart — these two elements are the inseparable expression of genuine faith.

▸The conditions for salvation are clearly presented.

13

For 'everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'

Key Message

The promise that whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved is open to all people, transcending ethnicity and background.

▸This is a quotation of Joel 2:32.

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So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Key Message

Faith is not self-generated but arises from hearing the word of Christ, and this supports the necessity of proclaiming the gospel.

▸A clear explanation of the origin of faith.