Romans 10:8

Plain English Version

This is what God says in his book, “You already have God’s message. You know that message, so you can think about it, and you can talk about it.” That message is the same message that we tell everybody. We say, “You have to trust Jesus.”

Cross References

Acts 10:43

But listen, a long time ago, God sent his men to tell people his messages, and they all talked about Jesus. They said that if anyone believes in him, God will say that they are not guilty of the bad things they did.”

Acts 16:31

They said, “Believe in Jesus, our leader, and God will save you. And he will do the same for your family too.”

Romans 10:17

But, you see, people have to hear that good message about Jesus Christ before they can believe in him. (The next part, 10:18—11:36, mainly talks to Jewish people, so we have not translated it yet.)

Galatians 3:2

Think about God’s spirit. When did he come into you? Was it when you were trying to follow the law? No, it was when you believed the good news about Jesus.

Galatians 3:5

Look, God gives you his spirit and he does great things among you with his power. You see, he doesn’t think, “They are following the law, so I will do powerful things for them.” But he thinks, “They believe the message about Jesus, so I will do powerful things for them.”

Ephesians 5:26

He washed us properly clean, not just with water in the baptism ceremony, but with his word too.

1 Timothy 4:6

So teach those things to all the Christians. If you do that, you will be a good worker for Jesus Christ. You believe God’s word and follow the things it says, and when you do that, you feed your spirit with God’s word to make yourself strong.

1 Peter 1:23

God gave you new life. It’s not like the life you got from your mother and father. That life will end. But when you listened properly to God’s message, he gave you new life, like you got born again. Your new life will not end, because God’s word will never finish up. It lives for ever.

1 Peter 1:25

But God’s word will never die, it will last for ever.” And that is the message about Jesus that God’s people told you.