1 Brothers, the desire of my heart and my supplication to God for Israel is for their salvation.
2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
3 For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
5 For Moses writes of the righteousness which is of the law, that the man who does those things will live by them.
6 But the righteousness of faith speaks thus: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" that is, to bring Christ down;
7 or, "'Who will descend into the abyss?'" that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.
8 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart"; that is, the word of faith which we proclaim:
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 For with the heart one believes to righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made to salvation.
11 For the Scripture says, "Everyone who believes on him will not be put to shame."
12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord over all is rich toward all who call upon him.
13 For "whoever calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved."
14 How, then, will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how will they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher?
15 And how will they preach unless they are sent? Even as it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good tidings of peace, who bring good tidings of good things!"
16 But they did not all obey the gospel; for Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"
17 So then faith is by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
18 But I say, did they not hear? Yes indeed: "Their sound went out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world."
19 But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says, "I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are no nation; by a foolish nation I will anger you."
20 And 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."
21 But to Israel he says, "All the day long I stretched out my hands to a people who disobey and contradict."