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Romans 10:13

“For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Romans 10:13 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Joel 2:32

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Paul uses Joel 2:32 without a formula, as Peter does in Acts 2:21.

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Greek of the New Testament: Πᾶς γὰρ ὃς ἂν ἐπικαλέσηται τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου σωθήσεται

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וְהָיָה כֹּל אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה יִמָּלֵט כִּי בְּהַר צִיּוֹן וּבִירוּשָׁלִַם תִּהְיֶה פְלֵיטָה כַּאֲשֶׁר אָמַר יְהוָה וּבַשְּׂרִידִים אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה קֹרֵא

Septuagint (Joel 2:32 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ ἔσται πᾶς ὅς ἂν ἐπικαλέσηται τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου σωθήσεται ὅτι ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σειὼν καὶ ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἔσται ἀνασωζόμενος, καθότι εἶπεν Κύριος, καὶ εὐαγγελιζόμενοι οὓς Κύριος προσκέκληται.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 7 consecutive words: “ὃς ἂν ἐπικαλέσηται τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου σωθήσεται.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Romans 10:13, word by word

calls onἐπικαλέσηταιepikalesētai

call on

To cry to God in prayer.

Where else “epikalesētai” appears
the nameὄνομαonoma

name

The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.

Where else “onoma” appears
of the Lordκυρίουkyriou

Lord

The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.

Where else “kyriou” appears
will be savedσωθήσεταιsōthēsetai

save

To rescue from sin and ruin.

Where else “sōthēsetai” appears

Translation note

Joel 2:32. The Hebrew says “the name of YHWH.”

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Quotation · Joel 2:32

Paul uses Joel 2:32 without a formula, as Peter does in Acts 2:21.

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Romans 10:13

13For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

Joel 2:32

32And it will happen that everyone who calls on the name of YHWH will be delivered; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be escape, as YHWH has said, and among the survivors will be those whom YHWH calls.”

The context

12For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, rich toward all who call on him.

13 · This verse (above)

14How then are they to call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him whom they have not heard? And how are they to hear without someone proclaiming?

Read all of Romans 10

To study Romans 10 in a group

  1. 1. What it says

    What questions does Paul ask in vv. 14-15 about how people come to believe?

  2. 2. What it means

    What does Paul want to show with that chain of questions (calling, believing, hearing, preaching, sending)? (vv. 14-15)

  3. 3. How I live it

    Who made the good news known to you? How can you share something good with someone this week?

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