11 translations · Greek
Romans 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.
Romans 10:9 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- KJV King James Version
- That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
- ASV American Standard Version
- because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- that if you may confess with your mouth that Jesus [is] LORD, and may believe in your heart that God raised Him out of the dead, you will be saved,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- For if you declare that you accept Jesus as Lord, and you are convinced in your mind that God raised him from the dead, then you will be saved.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,
- DBY Darby Translation
- that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised him from among [the] dead, thou shalt be saved.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- 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.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For if thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart that God hath raised him up from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| ἐὰν | ean | if | G1437 ἐάν if |
| ὁμολογήσῃς | homologēsēs | you confess | G3670 ὁμολογέω to confess/profess |
| ἐν | en | with | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| τῷ | tō | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| στόματί | stomati | mouth | G4750 στόμα mouth |
| σου | sou | your | G4771 σύ you |
| Κύριον | Kyrion | [is] Lord | G2962 κύριος lord: God |
| Ἰησοῦν | Iēsoun | Jesus | G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| πιστεύσῃς | pisteusēs | believe | G4100 πιστεύω to trust (in) |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| τῇ | tē | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| καρδίᾳ | kardia | heart | G2588 καρδία heart |
| σου | sou | your | G4771 σύ you |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεὸς | Theos | God | G2316 θεός God |
| αὐτὸν | auton | Him | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἤγειρεν | ēgeiren | raised | G1453 ἐγείρω to arise |
| ἐκ | ek | from | G1537 ἐκ out from |
| νεκρῶν | nekrōn | [the] dead | G3498 νεκρός dead |
| σωθήσῃ | sōthēsē | you will be saved | G4982 σῴζω to save |
Related verses
- Luke 12:8
“I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;
- Acts 16:31
They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
- Philippians 2:11
and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
- Matthew 10:32–33
Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
- 1 John 4:2–3
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.
- 1 Peter 1:21
who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
- Romans 8:34
Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
- 1 Corinthians 15:14–18
If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain. Yes, we are also found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn’t raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised. For if the dead aren’t raised, neither has Christ been raised. …
- Romans 14:11
For it is written, “‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.’”
- 1 Corinthians 12:3
Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God’s Spirit says, “Jesus is accursed.” No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” but by the Holy Spirit.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
7 or, ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)”
8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart”; that is, the word of faith, which we preach:
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.
10 For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.”
Read all of Romans 10 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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