| New King James Version | English Standard Version |
| 1Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. | 1Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. |
| 2For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. | 2For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. |
| 3For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. | 3For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. |
| 4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. | 4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. |
| 5For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, “The man who does those things shall live by them.” | 5For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them. |
| 6But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down from above) | 6But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) |
| 7or, “ ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). | 7“or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). |
| 8But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): | 8But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); |
| 9that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. | 9because, 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. |
| 10For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. | 10For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. |
| 11For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” | 11For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” |
| 12For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. | 12For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. |
| 13For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.” | 13For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” |
| 14How 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? | 14How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? |
| 15And 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, Who bring glad tidings of good things!” | 15And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” |
| 16But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “ LORD, who has believed our report?” | 16But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” |
| 17So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. | 17So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. |
| 18But 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.” | 18But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.” |
| 19But 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.” | 19But I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says, “I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation; with a foolish nation I will make you angry.” |
| 20But 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.” | 20Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, “I have been found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.” |
| 21But to Israel he says: “All day long I have stretched out My hands To a disobedient and contrary people.” | 21But of Israel he says, “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.” |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved. |
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