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Romans 10:6 KJV
Romans · chapter 10 · verse 6
But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)Romans 10:6 · King James Version
Romans 10:6 in context
4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
5For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
6But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
7Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
8But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
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Key words (Strong's)
- righteousnessdikaiosynēin a broad sense state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition…G1343 →
- speakethlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- ascendanabainōascend, to go up, to rise, mount, be borne up, spring upG305 →
- heavenouranosthe vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it, the universe, the world…G3772 →
- faithpistisconviction of the truth of anything, belief in the NT of a conviction or belief…G4102 →
- thinesouthy, theeG4675 →
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The scope of the apostle in this part of the chapter is to show the vast difference between the righteousness of the law and the righteousness of faith, and the great pre-eminence of the righteousness of faith above that of the law;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11