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`Do not say, "Who will go down into the hole that has no bottom?" ' (That means, `Who will go down to bring Christ up from the dead people?')

But what do the holy writings say? They say, `The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart.' That means, the word to believe which we tell people.

If you say with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and if you believe in your heart that God has raised Christ from death, you will be saved.

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“or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’”[a](A) (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).(B) But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”[b](C) that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: If you declare(D) with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”(E) and believe(F) in your heart that God raised him from the dead,(G) you will be saved.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 10:7 Deut. 30:13
  2. Romans 10:8 Deut. 30:14