romans 10

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Outline:

Rom 1:1-7, Greeting and benediction;
Rom 1:8-15, Desire to visit Rome;
Rom 1:16-17, Theme of the letter: the Gospel reveals the righteousness of God;
Rom 1:18-5:21, Justification and the righteousness of God;
Rom 6:1-8:39, Sanctification and the righteousness of God;
Rom 9:1-11:36, God’s righteousness and Israel;

Rom 9:1-10:1, God is righteous to show both wrath and mercy to whom He wills, both Jew and Greek;
Rom 10:2-3, Israel’s zeal uninformed, being ignorant of God’s righteousness, seeking to establish their own;
Rom 10:4-13, God’s righteousness is not of Law but of faith;
Rom 10:14-21, The case against Israel, to whom God has sent His word;

Rom 10:2-19a chiastic structure:

1a) Rom 10:2-3, Israel has zeal for God, but not according to knowledge, being ignorant of God’s righteousness;

1b) Rom 10:4-11, Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes;

1a) Rom 10:4, For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes;
1b) Rom 10:5, Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, “The one who does them will live by them;”
2b) Rom 10:6-10, The righteousness of faith is belief from the heart + confession of the mouth;

1a) Rom 10:6, The righteousness of faith says: Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down);
1b) Rom 10:7, Or: ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead);
central axis) Rom 10:8, But it says: ‘The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart;’(that is, the word of faith, which we preach);
2b) Rom 10:9, That if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved;
2a) Rom 10:10, For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation;

2a) Rom 10:11, For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed;”

central axis) Rom 10:12-13, For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him. For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved;”

2b) Rom 10:14-18, How will they call on Him in whom they have not believed/ believe in whom they have not heard;

2a) Rom 10:19a, But I ask, didn’t Israel know?

romans 10, faith comes by hearing words (2012)

“Messiah is the extremity of the Law, the end point, the goal, the completion of the righteous requirement of the Law (telos, Strong’s G5056 from Hebrew H7093). This is why Paul says Messiah is the end of the Law for righteousness – in order to make one in right standing before God.”
romans 10, Christ, the end of the Law for righteousness (2011)