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New Living Translation

Romans 10:10

For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Confession;   Faith;   Heart;   Justification;   Penitent;   Religion;   Salvation;   Testimony;   Scofield Reference Index - Faith;   Thompson Chain Reference - Heart;   The Topic Concordance - Belief;   Confession;   Jesus Christ;   Salvation;   Shame;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Confessing Christ;   Heart, the;   Salvation;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Justificiation;   Rome, Romans;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Faith;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Baptize, Baptism;   Confess, Confession;   Ethics;   Evangelize, Evangelism;   Gospel;   Hardening, Hardness of Heart;   Mouth;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Baptism ;   Faith;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Baptism;   Justification;   Rahab (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Accountability, Age of;   Christ, Christology;   Church;   Confession;   Faith;   Freedom;   Hardness of the Heart;   Heart;   Human Free Will;   Infant Baptism;   Romans, Book of;   Salvation;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Baptism;   Confession;   Creed;   Faith;   Forgiveness;   Paul the Apostle;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Confession (of Christ);   Deaf and Dumb;   Ear;   Faith;   Heart ;   Law;   Mouth Lips;   Pre-Existence;   Profession;   Righteous, Righteousness;   Righteousness;   Salvation Save Saviour;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Heart;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Baptism;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom or Church of Christ, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Church Government;   Heart;   Justification;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for July 14;   Every Day Light - Devotion for November 13;  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
It's all about believing with a soft heart and proclaiming your faith out loud that you are saved.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
Legacy Standard Bible
for with the heart a person believes, leading to righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, leading to salvation.
Bible in Basic English
For with the heart man has faith to get righteousness, and with the mouth he says that Jesus is Lord to get salvation.
Darby Translation
For with [the] heart is believed to righteousness; and with [the] mouth confession made to salvation.
Christian Standard Bible®
One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.
World English Bible
For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For with the heart man believeth to righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made to salvation.
Weymouth's New Testament
For with the heart men believe and obtain righteousness, and with the mouth they make confession and obtain salvation.
King James Version (1611)
For with the heart man beleeueth vnto righteousnesse, and with the mouth confession is made vnto saluation.
Literal Translation
For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses unto salvation.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For yf a man beleue from the hert, he shalbe made righteous: and yf a ma knowlege with the mouth, he shal be saued.
Mace New Testament (1729)
for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Amplified Bible
For with the heart a person believes [in Christ as Savior] resulting in his justification [that is, being made righteous—being freed of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God]; and with the mouth he acknowledges and confesses [his faith openly], resulting in and confirming [his] salvation.
American Standard Version
for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Revised Standard Version
For man believes with his heart and so is justified, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For the belefe of the hert iustifieth: and to knowledge with the mouth maketh a man safe.
Update Bible Version
for with the heart man believes to righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made to salvation.
Webster's Bible Translation
For with the heart man believeth to righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made to salvation.
Young's Literal Translation
for with the heart doth [one] believe to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation;
New Century Version
We believe with our hearts, and so we are made right with God. And we declare with our mouths that we believe, and so we are saved.
New English Translation
For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness and with the mouth one confesses and thus has salvation.
Berean Standard Bible
For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.
Contemporary English Version
God will accept you and save you, if you truly believe this and tell it to others.
Complete Jewish Bible
For with the heart one goes on trusting and thus continues toward righteousness, while with the mouth one keeps on making public acknowledgement and thus continues toward deliverance.
English Standard Version
For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For with the heart man beleeueth vnto righteousnes, and with the mouth man confesseth to saluation.
George Lamsa Translation
For the heart which believes in him, shall be declared righteous, and the mouth that confesses him shall live.
Hebrew Names Version
For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
International Standard Version
For a person believes with his heart and is justified, and a person declares with his mouth and is saved.
Etheridge Translation
For the heart which believeth in him is justified, and the mouth which confesseth him is saved.
Murdock Translation
For the heart that believeth in him, is justified; and the mouth that confesseth him, is restored to life.
New King James Version
For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
New Life Bible
When we believe in our hearts, we are made right with God. We tell with our mouth how we were saved from the punishment of sin.
English Revised Version
for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
New Revised Standard
For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, in heart, it is to be believed unto righteousness, and, by mouth, it is to be confessed unto salvation.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For, with the heart, we believe unto justice: but, with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation.
King James Version
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Lexham English Bible
For with the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses, resulting in salvation.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For with the heart man beleueth vnto ryghteousnesse, and with ye mouth man confesseth to saluation.
Easy-to-Read Version
Yes, we believe in Jesus deep in our hearts, and so we are made right with God. And we openly say that we believe in him, and so we are saved.
New American Standard Bible
for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
Good News Translation
For it is by our faith that we are put right with God; it is by our confession that we are saved.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For bi herte me bileueth to riytwisnesse, but bi mouth knowleching is maad to helthe.

Contextual Overview

1 Dear brothers and sisters, the longing of my heart and my prayer to God is for the people of Israel to be saved. 2 I know what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is misdirected zeal. 3 For they don't understand God's way of making people right with himself. Refusing to accept God's way, they cling to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law. 4 For Christ has already accomplished the purpose for which the law was given. As a result, all who believe in him are made right with God. 5 For Moses writes that the law's way of making a person right with God requires obedience to all of its commands. 6 But faith's way of getting right with God says, "Don't say in your heart, ‘Who will go up to heaven?' (to bring Christ down to earth). 7 And don't say, ‘Who will go down to the place of the dead?' (to bring Christ back to life again)." 8 In fact, it says, "The message is very close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart." And that message is the very message about faith that we preach: 9 If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

For with: Luke 8:15, John 1:12, John 1:13, John 3:19-21, Hebrews 3:12, Hebrews 10:22

unto righteousness: Galatians 2:16, Philippians 3:9

and with: Romans 10:9, 1 John 4:15, Revelation 2:13

Reciprocal: Leviticus 5:5 - confess Leviticus 16:21 - confess over Joshua 7:19 - make 1 Kings 8:48 - And so return 2 Kings 5:15 - now I know Psalms 40:10 - not hid Proverbs 14:3 - but Matthew 10:32 - confess me Luke 12:8 - Whosoever Luke 23:42 - when John 12:42 - they did not Acts 8:12 - they believed Acts 8:37 - If Acts 11:14 - words Acts 13:39 - by Acts 16:31 - Believe Acts 19:18 - confessed Romans 4:5 - But to Romans 4:24 - if we Romans 5:1 - being Romans 9:30 - even the righteousness Ephesians 2:8 - through 1 Timothy 4:16 - them 1 Timothy 6:12 - hast Hebrews 10:39 - but 1 Peter 3:21 - the answer 1 John 5:1 - believeth

Cross-References

Genesis 11:2
As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.
Genesis 11:9
That is why the city was called Babel, because that is where the Lord confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world.
Genesis 14:1
About this time war broke out in the region. King Amraphel of Babylonia, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Kedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim
Isaiah 10:9
We destroyed Calno just as we did Carchemish. Hamath fell before us as Arpad did. And we destroyed Samaria just as we did Damascus.
Isaiah 11:11
In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to bring back the remnant of his people— those who remain in Assyria and northern Egypt; in southern Egypt, Ethiopia, and Elam; in Babylonia, Hamath, and all the distant coastlands.
Isaiah 39:1
Soon after this, Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent Hezekiah his best wishes and a gift. He had heard that Hezekiah had been very sick and that he had recovered.
Jeremiah 50:21
"Go up, my warriors, against the land of Merathaim and against the people of Pekod. Pursue, kill, and completely destroy them, as I have commanded you," says the Lord .
Daniel 1:2
The Lord gave him victory over King Jehoiakim of Judah and permitted him to take some of the sacred objects from the Temple of God. So Nebuchadnezzar took them back to the land of Babylonia and placed them in the treasure-house of his god.
Amos 6:2
But go over to Calneh and see what happened there. Then go to the great city of Hamath and down to the Philistine city of Gath. You are no better than they were, and look at how they were destroyed.
Micah 4:10
Writhe and groan like a woman in labor, you people of Jerusalem, for now you must leave this city to live in the open country. You will soon be sent in exile to distant Babylon. But the Lord will rescue you there; he will redeem you from the grip of your enemies.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness,.... The apostle here explains the nature and use both of faith and confession; as true faith does not lie in the bare assent of the mind to the Gospel, or any truth contained in it, respecting the person and office of Christ, so neither does it lie, as not in the brain, so not in the tongue, but in the heart; it is not a notional knowledge of things to be believed; nor is it saying that a man believes; but it is heart work, a believing with all the heart; such a faith in which all the powers of the soul, the understanding, will, and affections, are concerned, it is a seeing of the Son, a beholding of the glory, fulness, suitableness, ability, and willingness of Christ as a Saviour, with the eye of the understanding spiritually enlightened; it is a going out of the soul to Christ, in various acts, such as venturing into his presence, prostrating itself at his feet, resolving if it perishes it will perish there; a giving up itself unto him, determining it will have no other Saviour, leaning and relying on him, and living upon him; which faith works by love to Christ, moves the affections, stirs up the desires of the soul to his name, and endears him and all that belong to him to it. The use of this grace is, "unto righteousness"; it is not instead of one, for faith is not our righteousness; nor is it in order to work out one, for this grace puts a soul on renouncing its own righteousness; but its use is to receive one, even the righteousness of Christ, which when it spies, it admires, receives, lays hold on, and rejoices in looking on itself as righteous through this righteousness, and so has peace with God through Christ:

and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. This is to be understood not of confession of sin, though that is proper and requisite to be made, both with respect to the participation, and enjoyment of salvation, particularly pardoning grace and mercy, and to an admission to Gospel ordinances; but of confession of Christ, as appears from the preceding verse, which lies in a frank and open acknowledgment of what Christ is in himself, as that he is truly and properly God, the Son of God, the true Messiah, the Mediator between God and man, and the only Saviour of lost sinners, and of our faith in him, with respect to ourselves, to our pardon, justification, acceptance and salvation in him and through him; in ascribing the whole of our salvation to him, and giving him the glory of it; in declaring to the churches of Christ what he has done for our souls, and in subjecting ourselves to his ordinances. This confession must be made both by words and facts, must be open, visible, and before men; and also real, hearty, and sincere, the words of the mouth agreeing with the experience of the heart; and such a good profession made before God, angels, and men, highly becomes all that believe with the heart. This was the practice of the primitive saints; yea, all nations own, acknowledge, and profess the God they worship; and should not we confess our God, Saviour and Redeemer? Christ himself confessed a good confession before Pontius Pilate, and is the Apostle and High Priest of our profession. So to do, makes both for the glory of God, and for our own real good and advantage. Yea, it is "unto salvation"; not as a cause of it, for Christ alone is the author of eternal salvation; but a sincere and well made confession of Christ points out to all that know us where and from whom we expect to have salvation; it is what lies in the way, and is to be taken up by all that believe in Christ, and to be held fast without wavering until we receive the end of our faith, even the salvation of our souls.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For with the heart - Not with the understanding merely, but with such a faith as shall be sincere, and shall influence the life. There can be no other genuine faith than what influences the whole mind.

Believeth unto righteousness - Believes so that justification is obtained. (Stuart.) In God’s plan of justifying people, this is the way by which we may be declared just or righteous in his sight. The moment a sinner believes, therefore, he is justified; his sins are pardoned; and he is introduced into the favor of God. No man can be justified without this; for this is God’s plan, and he will not depart from it.

With the mouth confession is made ... - That is, confession or profession is so made as to obtain salvation. He who in all appropriate ways professes his attachment to Christ shall be saved. This profession is to be made in all the proper ways of religious duty; by an avowal of our sentiments; by declaring on all proper occasions our belief of the truth; and by an unwavering adherence to them in all persecutions, oppositions, and trials. He who declares his belief makes a profession. He who associates with Christian people does it. He who acts with them in the prayer meeting, in the sanctuary, and in deeds of benevolence, does it. He who is baptized, and commemorates the death of the Lord Jesus, does it. And he who leads an humble, prayerful, spiritual life, does it. He shows his regard to the precepts and example of Christ Jesus; his regard for them more than for the pride, and pomp, and allurements of the world. All these are included in a profession of religion. In whatever way we can manifest attachment to it, it must be done. The reason why this is made so important is, that there can be no true attachment to Christ which will not manifest itself in the life. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. It is impossible that there should be true belief in the heart of man, unless it should show itself in the life and conversation. This is the only test of its existence and its power; and hence it is made so important in the business of religion. And we may here learn,

(1) That a profession of religion is, by Paul, made as really indispensable to salvation as believing. According to him it is connected with salvation as really as faith is with justification; and this accords with all the declarations of the Lord Jesus; Matthew 10:32; Matthew 25:34-46; Luke 12:8.

(2) There can be no religion where there is not a willingness to confess the Lord Jesus. There is no true repentance where we are not willing to confess our faults. There is no true attachment to a father or mother or friend, unless we are willing on all proper occasions to avow it. And so there can be no true religion where there is too much pride, or vanity, or love of the world, or fear of shame to confess it.

(3) Those who never profess any religion have none: and they are not safe. To deny God the Saviour before people is not safe. They who do not profess religion, profess the opposite. The real feelings of the heart will be expressed in the life. And they who profess by their lives that they have no regard for God and Christ, for heaven and glory, must expect to be met in the last day, as those who deny the Lord that bought them, and who bring upon themselves quick destruction; 2 Peter 1:2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 10:10. For with the heart man believeth, c.] And be sincere in this: for with the heart, duly affected with a sense of guilt, and of the sufficiency of the sacrifice which Christ has offered, man believeth unto righteousness, believeth to receive justification for this is the proper meaning of the term here, and in many other parts of this epistle; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. He who believes aright in Christ Jesus will receive such a full conviction of the truth, and such an evidence of his redemption, that his mouth will boldly confess his obligation to his Redeemer, and the blessed persuasion he has of the remission of all his sins through the blood of the cross. One grand object of the apostle is to show the simplicity of the Gospel scheme of salvation; and at the same time, its great efficacy, it is simple, and very unlike the law, which was full of rites, ordinances, ceremonies, &c., each of which required to be perfectly fulfilled: and yet, after all, even those who had the utmost zeal for God, and, as conscientiously as possible, observed all the precepts of the law, had not attained to justification nor peace of conscience. Whereas both Jews and Gentiles, who had believed on the Lord Jesus according to the simple declarations of the Gospel, were freely justified from all things from which they could not be justified by the law of Moses: and they had the witness in themselves that they were passed from death to life.


 
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