1. Brethren, certainly the desire of my heart and my prayer to God regarding Israel, is for saving health.
2. For I give testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
3. For they, being ignorant of God’s righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
4. For Christ is the end of the law, to give righteousness to every one that believes.
5. For Moses describes the righteousness which is by the law, That the man who does those things shall live by them.
6. But thus saith the righteousness which is by faith, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven (that is, to bring the Christ down from above)?
7. Or, Who shall descend into the deep (that is, to bring up the Christ again from the dead)?
8. But what does it say? The word is near thee, even in thy mouth and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach,
9. that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.