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thatὅτιifἐὰνyou confessὁμολογήσῃςwithἐνyourσουmouthτῷ στόματίJesusἸησοῦνasLordκύριονandκαὶbelieveπιστεύσῃςinἐνyourσουheartτῇ καρδίᾳthatὅτιGodὁ θεὸςraisedἤγειρενhimαὐτὸνfromἐκthe dead,νεκρῶνyou will be saved.σωθήσῃ
Romans 10:9
Study it in the app“that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
Confessing Jesus as Lord and believing in the resurrectionFaith
With the Greek beneath
Romans 10:9, word by word
- you confessὁμολογήσῃςhomologēsēis
confess
To state openly what one believes, as that Christ is Lord.
Where else “homologēsēis” appears- mouthστόματίstomati
mouth
The part of the face through which one eats and speaks; also what one says.
Where else “stomati” appears- JesusἸησοῦνIēsoun
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsoun” appears- Lordκύριονkyrion
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrion” appears- believeπιστεύσῃςpisteusēis
trust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteusēis” appears- heartκαρδίᾳkardiai
heart
Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
Where else “kardiai” appears- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- raisedἤγειρενēgeiren
raise
To come back to life after death.
Where else “ēgeiren” appears- the deadνεκρῶνnekrōn
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appears- you will be savedσωθήσῃsōthēsēi
save
To rescue from sin and ruin.
Where else “sōthēsēi” appears
The context
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:
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10For with the heart one believes for righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses for salvation.
To study Romans 10 in a group
1. What it says
What questions does Paul ask in vv. 14-15 about how people come to believe?
2. What it means
What does Paul want to show with that chain of questions (calling, believing, hearing, preaching, sending)? (vv. 14-15)
3. How I live it
Who made the good news known to you? How can you share something good with someone this week?