Romans 10:1

World English Bible (2000)

Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God is for Israel, that they may be saved.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 9:20-22 : 20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law; 21 to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law. 22 To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.
  • 1 Sam 15:11 : 11 "It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments." Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.
  • John 5:34 : 34 But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved.
  • Rom 9:1-3 : 1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit, 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers' sake, my relatives according to the flesh,
  • Exod 32:13 : 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.'"
  • 1 Sam 12:23 : 23 Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
  • Jer 17:16 : 16 As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you; neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was before your face.
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
  • Luke 13:34 : 34 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!

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  • Rom 9:2-4
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    2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

    3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers' sake, my relatives according to the flesh,

    4 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;

  • Rom 10:2
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    2 For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

  • Rom 1:9-13
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    9 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

    10 requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

    11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;

    12 that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.

    13 Now I don't desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, and was hindered so far, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

  • Rom 11:1-2
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    1 I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

    2 God didn't reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don't you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:

  • Rom 15:30-31
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    30 Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,

    31 that I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;

  • Rom 11:14
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    14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

  • Rom 11:25-28
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    25 For I don't desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won't be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,

    26 and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, "There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

    27 This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their sins."

    28 Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.

  • Phil 1:19
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    19 For I know that this will turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

  • Phil 1:8-9
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    8 For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

    9 This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;

  • Rom 11:11
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    11 I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

  • 1 Cor 10:33
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    33 even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

  • Rom 9:27
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    27 Isaiah cries concerning Israel, "If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;

  • Rom 11:7
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    7 What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn't obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.

  • 2 Tim 2:10
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    10 Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones' sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

  • Rom 15:9
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    9 and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "Therefore will I give praise to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name."

  • Rom 1:15-16
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    15 So, as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who are in Rome.

    16 For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

  • Phil 1:4
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    4 always in every request of mine on behalf of you all making my requests with joy,

  • Acts 15:11
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    11 But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are."

  • 2 Thess 1:11
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    11 To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith, with power;

  • 1 Kgs 8:52
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    52 that your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they cry to you.

  • Rom 9:6
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    6 But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.

  • 1 Thess 3:10
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    10 night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

  • 1 Tim 2:4
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    4 who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

  • Rom 10:13
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    13 For, "Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved."

  • Heb 13:19
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    19 I strongly urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you sooner.

  • Acts 13:26
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    26 Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.

  • Gal 2:10
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    10 They only asked us to remember the poor--which very thing I was also zealous to do.

  • Acts 21:13
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    13 Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

  • Rom 15:13
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    13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

  • Gal 1:13
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    13 For you have heard of my way of living in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it.

  • 2 Tim 1:4
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    4 longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;

  • Gal 6:16
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    16 As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God's Israel.

  • Acts 15:17
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    17 That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; All the Gentiles who are called by my name, Says the Lord, who does all these things.

  • John 17:20
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    20 Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word,

  • Acts 28:28
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    28 "Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations. They will also listen."

  • Acts 26:29
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    29 Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds."

  • Rom 10:19
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    19 But I ask, didn't Israel know? First Moses says, "I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, with a nation void of understanding I will make you angry."