010:008 But what does it say? "The Message is close to you, in your
mouth and in your heart;" that is, the Message which we are
publishing about the faith—
010:009 that if with your mouth you confess Jesus as Lord and in
your heart believe that God brought Him back to life,
you shall be saved.
010:010 For with the heart men believe and obtain righteousness,
and with the mouth they make confession and obtain salvation.
010:011 The Scripture says, "No one who believes in Him shall have
reason to feel ashamed."
010:012 Jew and Gentile are on precisely the same footing; for the same Lord is Lord over all, and is infinitely kind to all who call upon Him for deliverance.
010:013 For "every one, without exception, who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."
010:014 But how are they to call on One in whom they have not believed?
And how are they to believe in One whose voice they have
never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?
010:015 And how are men to preach unless they have been sent to do so?
As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring
glad tidings of good!"
010:016 But, some will say, they have not all hearkened to the Good News.
No, for Isaiah asks, "Lord, who has believed the Message they
have heard from us?"
010:017 And this proves that faith comes from a Message heard, and that the Message comes through its having been spoken by Christ.