Romans 10:13

New King James Version

For "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." Joel 2:32">[fn]

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

King James Version (1611)
For whosoeuer shall call vpon the Name of the Lord, shall be saued.

King James Version
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

English Standard Version
For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

New American Standard Bible
for "EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED."

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

Amplified Bible
For "WHOEVER CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD [in prayer] WILL BE SAVED."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
for "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED."

Legacy Standard Bible
for "Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

Berean Standard Bible
for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

Contemporary English Version
All who call out to the Lord will be saved.

Complete Jewish Bible
since everyone who calls on the name of Adonai will be delivered .

Darby Translation
For every one whosoever, who shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved.

Easy-to-Read Version
Yes, "everyone who trusts in the Lord will be saved."

Geneva Bible (1587)
For whosoeuer shall call vpon the Name of the Lord, shalbe saued.

George Lamsa Translation
For whoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be saved.

Good News Translation
As the scripture says, "Everyone who calls out to the Lord for help will be saved."

Lexham English Bible
For "everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved."

Literal Translation
For everyone, "whoever may call on the name of the Lord will be saved." Joel 2:32

American Standard Version
for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Bible in Basic English
Because, Whoever will give worship to the name of the Lord will get salvation.

Hebrew Names Version
For, "Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved."

International Standard Version
For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."Joel 2:32">[fn]Joel 2:32; Acts 2:21; 9:14;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
For every one who shall invoke the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Murdock Translation
For every one that shall call on the name of the Lord, will have life.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For whosoeuer shall call on the name of the Lorde, shalbe saued.

English Revised Version
for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

World English Bible
For, "Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved.

Weymouth's New Testament
For "every one, without exception, who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For ech man `who euere schal inwardli clepe the name of the Lord, schal be saaf.

Update Bible Version
for, Whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Webster's Bible Translation
For whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

New English Translation
For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved .

New Living Translation
For "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

New Life Bible
For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved from the punishment of sin.

New Revised Standard
For, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved: -

Douay-Rheims Bible
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Revised Standard Version
For, "every one who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For whosoever shall call on the name of the lorde shalbe safe.

Young's Literal Translation
for every one -- whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For who so euer shal call vpon the name of the LORDE, shalbe saued.

Mace New Testament (1729)
"whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Everyone who cries out to God will be saved.

Contextual Overview

¹² For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. ¹³ For "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." Joel 2:32">[fn] ¹⁴ How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? ¹⁵ And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, [fn] Who bring glad tidings of good things!" Isaiah 52:7; Nahum 1:15 ">[fn] ¹⁶ But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?" Isaiah 53:1">[fn] ¹⁷ So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. ¹⁸ But I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed:"Their sound has gone out to all the earth,And their words to the ends of the world." Psalms 19:4 ">[fn] ¹⁹ But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says: "I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation,I will move you to anger by a foolish nation." Deuteronomy 32:21 ">[fn] ²⁰ But Isaiah is very bold and says: "I was found by those who did not seek Me;I was made manifest to those who did not ask for Me." Isaiah 65:1 ">[fn] ²¹ 21 But to Israel he says: "All day long I have stretched out My handsTo a disobedient and contrary people." Isaiah 65:2 ">[fn]

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

whosoever: Joel 2:32, Acts 2:21

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:26 - Enos 2 Samuel 22:4 - so Psalms 86:5 - unto all Psalms 91:15 - He shall Psalms 105:1 - call Proverbs 29:18 - there Jeremiah 33:3 - Call Matthew 19:25 - Who Acts 10:35 - in Acts 11:18 - hath Acts 18:6 - from Romans 3:30 - General Romans 4:9 - Cometh 1 Thessalonians 2:16 - that

Cross-References

Genesis 10:11
From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

Genesis 10:12
and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (that is the principal city).

Jeremiah 46:9
Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots! And let the mighty men come forth: The Ethiopians and the Libyans who handle the shield, And the Lydians who handle and bend the bow.

Ezekiel 30:5
"Ethiopia, Libya, [fn] Lydia, [fn] all the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are allied, shall fall with them by the sword."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For whosoever shall call upon the name the Lord,.... This testimony is taken out of Joel 2:32 and is brought to prove the truth of what the apostle had just suggested, that all that call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, will find him rich and plenteous in mercy, and ready to dispense his grace and salvation to them: such

shall be saved; be they who they will, whether Jews or Gentiles; not with a temporal salvation only, but with a spiritual and eternal one; for the words of the prophet refer to Gospel times, as the context shows, and is cited and applied thereunto by the Apostle Peter, Acts 2:16; besides, the deliverance and salvation Joel speaks of, is of a "remnant whom the Lord shall call", Joel 2:32; and designs the remnant according to the election of grace, whether among Jews or Gentiles, whom God calls by his efficacious grace; between which call and eternal glory, there is a certain and inseparable connection.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For whosoever shall call ... - This sentiment is found substantially in Joel 2:32, “And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered.” This is expressly applied to the times of the gospel, by Peter, in Acts 2:21; see the note on that place. To call on the name of the Lord is the same as to call on the Lord himself. The word “name” is often used in this manner. “The name of the Lord is a strong tower, etc.;” Proverbs 18:10. “The name of the God of Jacob defend thee;” Psalms 20:1. That is, God himself is a strong tower, etc. It is clear from what follows, that the apostle applies this to Jesus Christ; and this is one of the numerous instances in which the writers of the New Testament apply to him expressions which in the Old Testament are applicable to God; see 1 Corinthians 1:2.

Shall be saved - This is the uniform promise; see Acts 2:21; Acts 22:16, “Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.” This is proper and indispensable because,

1. We have sinned against God, and it is right that we should confess it.

(2)Because he only can pardon us, and it is fit, that if we obtain pardon, we should ask it of God.

(3)To call upon him is to acknowledge him as our Sovereign, our Father, and our Friend; and it is right that we render him our homage.

It is implied in this, that we call upon him with right feelings; that is, with a humble sense of our sinfulness and our need of pardon, and with a willingness to receive eternal life as it is offered us in the gospel. And if this be done, this passage teaches us that all may be saved who will do it. He will cast none away who come in this manner. The invitation and the assurance extend to all nations and to people of all times.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 10:13. For whosoever shall call, c.] Nor shall any one who hears this doctrine of salvation, and credits it as he is commanded, be permitted to pray or supplicate the throne of grace in vain: for the Prophet Joel hath declared, Joel 2:32: Whosoever shall call upon, invoke, the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Saviour of sinners, shall be saved-shall have his guilt pardoned, his heart purified and if he abide in the faith, rooted and grounded in him, showing forth the virtues of him who was called him out of darkness into his marvellous light, he shall be saved with all the power of an eternal life.

"Believing in Christ, or God, Romans 10:11, and calling upon God, Romans 10:12-14, are in effect the same thing; as calling upon God necessarily connects and supposes faith in him: and he who duly believes in Christ has such a sense of his dependence upon Divine grace, that he looks unto God and trusts in his power and goodness alone for happiness: which is the true religion of the Gospel." Dr. Taylor.

It is evident that St. Paul understood the text of Joel as relating to our blessed Lord; and therefore his word κυριος must answer to the prophet's word יהוה Yehovah, which is no mean proof of the Godhead of Jesus Christ. If the text be translated, Whosoever shall invoke in the name of the Lord, which translation יקרא בשם יהוה yikra beshem Yehovah will certainly bear, yet still the term Yehovah, the incommunicable name, is given to Christ; because invoking in the name signifies soliciting one in the name or on the account of another. He who is invoked is GOD; he, in whose name he is invoked, is JESUS CHRIST, who is here called Yehovah. He who asks mercy from GOD, in the name and for the sake of JESUS CHRIST, shall get his soul saved.