10:1 弟兄們，我心裡所願的，向上帝所求的，是要以色列人得救。
10:2 我可以證明，他們向上帝有熱心，但不是按著真知識；
10:3 因為不知道上帝的義，想要立自己的義，就不服上帝的義了。
10:4 律法的總結就是基督，使凡信他的都得著義。
10:5 摩西寫著說：「人若行那出於律法的義，就必因此活著。」
10:6 惟有出於信心的義如此說：「你不要心裡說：誰要升到天上去呢？（就是要領下基督來；）
10:7 誰要下到陰間去呢？（就是要領基督從死裡上來。）」
10:8 他到底怎麼說呢？他說：這道離你不遠，正在你口裡，在你心裡─（就是我們所傳信主的道。）
10:9 你若口裡認耶穌為主，心裡信上帝叫他從死裡復活，就必得救。
10:10 因為，人心裡相信就可以稱義，口裡承認就可以得救。
10:11 經上說：「凡信他的人必不至於羞愧。」
10:12 猶太人和希臘人並沒有分別，因為眾人同有一位主；他也厚待一切求告他的人。
10:13 因為「凡求告主名的就必得救」。
10:14 然而，人未曾信他，怎能求他呢？未曾聽見他，怎能信他呢？沒有傳道的，怎能聽見呢？
10:15 若沒有奉差遣，怎能傳道呢？如經上所記：「報福音、傳喜信的人，他們的腳蹤何等佳美！」
10:16 只是人沒有都聽從福音，因為以賽亞說：「主啊，我們所傳的有誰信呢？」
10:17 可見，信道是從聽道來的，聽道是從基督的話來的。
10:18 但我說，人沒有聽見嗎？誠然聽見了。他們的聲音傳遍天下；他們的言語傳到地極。
10:19 我再說，以色列人不知道嗎？先有摩西說：我要用那不成子民的惹動你們的憤恨；我要用那無知的民觸動你們的怒氣。
10:20 又有以賽亞放膽說：沒有尋找我的，我叫他們遇見；沒有訪問我的，我向他們顯現。
10:21 至於以色列人，他說：「我整天伸手招呼那悖逆頂嘴的百姓。」
Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. 4 Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
5 Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”[a] 6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’”[b] (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 “or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’”[c] (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”[d] that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: 9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”[e] 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”[f]
14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”[g]
16 But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”[h] 17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. 18 But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did:
“Their voice has gone out into
all the earth,
their
words to the ends of the world.”[i]
19 Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says,
“I will make you envious by
those who are not a nation;
I
will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.”[j]
20 And Isaiah boldly says,
“I was found by those who did
not seek me;
I
revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.”[k]
21 But concerning Israel he says,
“All day long I have held out
my hands
to
a disobedient and obstinate people.”
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保羅在此很明確地說出心中的盼望：「是要以色列人得救。」
然而要以色列人得救不是靠人自己，而是要信靠耶穌基督，因為人唯有透過基督才能得救，這是上帝立下的旨意。雖然，上帝在以色列人中間過去任何的做為，都是為了預備基督的到來，更是要預備人如何接納耶穌為救主！
而要接受耶穌基督為救主，是必須透過福音的傳講，讓人因聽了福音而願意信靠耶穌基督為救主，也因此上帝從世界各族各國呼召人來傳講福音，使人聽了明白而「口裡認耶穌為主，心裡信上帝叫他從死裡復活」！
得救之後，人的表現也就是如此，正如你和我「口裡認耶穌為主，心裡信上帝叫他從死裡復活」！
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