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The parenthetical thought (declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) gets lost in all the other verbiage here. More is not more when it comes to Bible translation [yes we know that the AMP is technically a paraphrase rather than a translation]. Some would advance the Amplified Bible as a 'word-for-word' translation, which is truly hilarious; in our opinion this is mostly a mess.</em></li><li>BBE:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Because, if you say with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and have faith in your heart that God has made him come back from the dead, you will have salvation: For with the heart man has faith to get righteousness, and <strong>with the mouth he says </strong>that Jesus is Lord to get salvation.</li><li>CEV:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; So you will be saved, if you honestly say, \"Jesus is Lord,\" and if you believe with all your heart that God raised him from death. God will accept you and save you, if you truly believe this and<strong> tell it to others</strong></li><li>CJB: \"that if you <strong>acknowledge publicly</strong> with your mouth that Yeshua is Lord and trust in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be delivered. 10 For with the heart one goes on trusting and thus continues toward righteousness, while with the mouth one keeps on making <strong>public acknowledgement</strong> and thus continues toward deliverance.\"</li><li>ESV: \"because, if you <strong>confess</strong> with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.10&nbsp; For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one <strong>confesses</strong> and is saved.\"</li><li>Goodspeed:&nbsp;<em></em>For with their minds men believe and are made upright, and with their lips they make the <strong>acknowledgment</strong> and are saved.</li><li>GW:&nbsp; \"If you <strong>declare</strong> that Jesus is Lord, and believe that God brought him back to life, you will be saved. By believing you receive God's approval, and <strong>by declaring</strong> your faith you are saved.\"</li><li>HCSB: \"If you <strong>confess</strong> with your mouth, \"Jesus is Lord,\" and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10&nbsp; One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one <strong>confesses</strong> with the mouth, resulting in salvation.\"<br></li><li>NASB: \"that if you <strong>confess</strong> with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10&nbsp; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he <strong>confesses</strong>, resulting in salvation.\"</li><li>NET: \"because if you <strong>confess</strong> with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10&nbsp; For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness and with the mouth one <strong>confesses</strong> and thus has salvation.\"</li><li>NIV: \"If you <strong>declare</strong> with your mouth, \"Jesus is Lord,\" and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10&nbsp; For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you <strong>profess</strong> your faith and are saved.\"</li><li>NJB: \"that if you <strong>declare</strong> with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and if you believe with your heart that God raised him from the dead, then you will be saved.10&nbsp; It is by believing with the heart that you are justified, and by making the <strong>declaration</strong> with your lips that you are saved.\"</li><li>NLT: \"If you <strong>openly declare</strong> that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10&nbsp; For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by <strong>openly declaring</strong> your faith that you are saved.\"</li><li>NWTSY: \"For if you <strong>publicly declare</strong> with your mouth that Jesus is Lord,&nbsp;and exercise faith in your heart that God raised him up from the dead, you will be saved. 10&nbsp;For with the heart one exercises faith for righteousness, but with the mouth one makes <strong>public declaration</strong>&nbsp;for salvation.\"<br></li><li>TCNT: \"For, if with your lips you <strong>acknowledge</strong> the truth of the Message that JESUS IS LORD, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.10 For with their hearts men believe and so attain to righteousness, while <strong>with their lips they make their Profession of Faith</strong> and so find Salvation.\"</li><li>NTFE:&nbsp; \"Because if you <strong>profess with your mouth</strong> that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 Why? Because the way to covenant membership is by believing with the heart, and the way to salvation is by <strong>professing with the mouth.</strong>\"&nbsp; <i>Covenant membership is a mystery to us.</i></li><li>TNT: \"that if you <strong style=\"background-color: initial; letter-spacing: 0px;\">openly declare</strong><span style=\"background-color: initial; letter-spacing: 0px;\"> that Jesus is Lord, and inwardly believe that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved; 10 for inwardly a man must believe in order to enter into a right relationship with God, </span><strong style=\"background-color: initial; letter-spacing: 0px;\">outwardly</strong><span style=\"background-color: initial; letter-spacing: 0px;\"> he must </span><strong style=\"background-color: initial; letter-spacing: 0px;\">declare</strong><span style=\"background-color: initial; letter-spacing: 0px;\"> his belief.\"</span></li><li><span style=\"background-color: initial; letter-spacing: 0px;\"></span>TYNDALE:&nbsp;For yf thou shalt <strong>knowledge</strong> wt thy mouth that Iesus is the lorde and shalt beleve with thyn hert that God raysed him up from deeth thou shalt be safe.10&nbsp; For the belefe of the hert iustifieth: and to <strong>knowledge</strong> with the mouth maketh a man safe.&nbsp;</li><li><span style=\"background-color: initial; letter-spacing: 0px;\">TTNT: <em>\"This message</em> <em>is that </em>if anyone of you <strong>says publicly</strong> that Jesus is Lord, and if you believe inwardly that God&nbsp;raised him frin the dead, you will be saved. 10 If people believe<strong> inwardly</strong> that Christ died and <em>that God caused&nbsp;him to become alive again</em>, the result is that <em>God will erase the record of their sins.</em> <em>And for those</em> who state <strong>publicly </strong><em>that Jesus is their Lord</em>, the result is that <strong>God</strong> will save them.\" Note: the&nbsp; formatting here is {mostly} from the 2008 print edition, and&nbsp;<em>italics</em>&nbsp;are said to convey 'implicit' information, whatever that means.</span><br></li><li><span style=\"background-color: initial; letter-spacing: 0px;\">WUEST:&nbsp;If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from among the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart faith is exercised resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth <strong>confession </strong>is made resulting in salvation</span><br></li></ol><div><br></div><div>The Greek reads {per the TR}: \"<span style=\"color:#0c77c1;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">ὅτι ἐὰν</span></span><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><strong> ὁμολογήσῃς</strong></span></span><span style=\"color:#0c77c1;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"> ἐν τῷ στόματί σου Κύριον ᾿Ιησοῦν, καὶ πιστεύσῃς ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς αὐτὸν ἤγειρεν ἐκ νεκρῶν, σωθήσῃ· 10 καρδίᾳ γὰρ πιστεύεται εἰς δικαιοσύνην, στόματι δὲ </span></span><strong><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">ὁμολογεῖται</span></span></strong><span style=\"color:#0c77c1;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"> εἰς σωτηρίαν. </span></span><br></div><div><span style=\"color:#0c77c1;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"></span></span><br></div><div><span style=\"color:#0c77c1;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"></span></span><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">We are focusing here on the Greek word </span></span><span style=\"color:#0787e0;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">ὁμολογεῖται,</span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> Strong's 3670</span><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"></span></span><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;in verse 10. Thayer defines it as: </span></span><br></div><ul><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">1) to say the same thing as another, i.e. to agree with, assent<br></span></span></li><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">2) to concede<br></span></span><ul><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">2a) not to refuse, to promise<br></span></span></li><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">2b) not to deny<br></span></span><ul><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">2b1) to confess<br></span></span></li><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">2b2) declare<br></span></span></li></ul></li><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">2b3) to confess, i.e. to admit or declare one’s self guilty of what one is accused of<br></span></span></li></ul></li><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">3) to profess<br></span></span><ul><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">3a) to declare openly, speak out freely<br></span></span></li><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">3b) to profess one’s self the worshipper of one<br></span></span></li></ul></li><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">4) to praise, celebrate</span></span><br></li></ul><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The plurality&nbsp;of translations listed above render&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"color:#0a76c1;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><em>ὁμολογεῖται</em></span></span><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;as 'confess,' 'confesses' or 'confession.'&nbsp; Some versions&nbsp;use stating or declaring; we find:&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><br></div><ul><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"></span></span>one 'profess'<br></li><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">one 'declaration' </span></span><br></li><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">another 'public declaration' </span></span><br></li><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"></span></span>another 'openly declaring'</li><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">another 'outwardly declare'</span></span></li><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">one 'public acknowledgement'&nbsp;</span></span></li></ul><div><span style=\"color:#0c77c1;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"></span></span><br></div><div><span style=\"color:#0c77c1;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"></span></span><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Apostle Paul's point here is to contrast what essentially takes place in one's heart&nbsp;[the private, non-public firm conviction, one's <strong>belief </strong>in Jesus as Lord, the realization that Jesus is the only one by whom I can gain salvation in the eyes of Yahweh]&nbsp;with the&nbsp;public, spoken [the&nbsp;<strong>declaration</strong> which must happen by mouth] words and speech that Jesus is Lord and,&nbsp;by extension, the <strong>declaring</strong>&nbsp;of the Good News that&nbsp;Christ commissioned his followers to preach.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><br></div><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"></span></span></span><br></div><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Our issue with the use of 'confess' is the baggage that confess brings with it, baggage that harks back to the Geneva Bible. Early renderings are:</span></span></span><br></div><ul><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Wycliffe: \"For bi herte [heart] me bileueth to riytwisnesse [righteousness], but bi mouth <strong>knowleching</strong> [from knowlechen, an archaic verb; see below] is maad to helthe [health].'\"</span></span></span><br></li><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Tyndale: \"For the belefe of the hert iustifieth: and to <strong>knowledge</strong> with the mouth maketh a man safe\"</span></span></span><br></li><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Coverdale: \"For yf a man beleue from the hert, he shalbe made righteous: and yf a ma <strong>knowlege</strong> with the mouth, he shal be saued.'</span></span></span><br></li><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Matthew: \"For the beliefe of the herte iustifyeth: and to <strong>knoweledge</strong> with the mouth, maketh a man safe.\"</span></span></span><br></li><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Geneva: \"For with the heart man beleeueth vnto righteousnes, and with the mouth man </span></span></span><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>confesseth</strong></span></span></span><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> to saluation.\"</span></span></span><br></li><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Bishops: \"For with the heart man beleueth vnto ryghteousnesse, and with the mouth man </span></span></span><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>confesseth</strong></span></span></span><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> to saluation.\"</span></span></span><br></li><li>Douay: \"For, with the heart, we believe unto justice: but, with the mouth, <span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><strong>confession</strong></span> is made unto salvation.\"</li><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">KJV: \"For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth </span></span></span><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>confession</strong></span></span></span><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> is made unto salvation.\"</span></span></span><br></li></ul><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"></span></span></span>The above translations show the change in the English word used to render&nbsp;<strong><span style=\"color:#0683da;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><em>ὁμολογεῖται</em></span></span></strong> from the 14th century to the 17th.&nbsp; According to the online dictionary [<em>https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=knowledge</em>] definition of knowledge:&nbsp;\"<em>early 12c.,&nbsp;cnawlece&nbsp;\"acknowledgment of a superior, honor, worship;\"​ and:&nbsp;\"Middle English also had a verb form, knoulouchen \"acknowledge\" (c. 1200), later \"find out about; recognize.</em>\"&nbsp; The same reference has this for acknowledge: \"late 15c., \"<em>admit or show one's knowledge,\" a blend of Middle English&nbsp;aknow&nbsp;\"admit or show one's knowledge\" (from Old English&nbsp;oncnawan&nbsp;\"understand, come to recognize,\" from&nbsp;on&nbsp;(see&nbsp;on&nbsp;(prep.)) +&nbsp;cnawan&nbsp;\"recognize;\" see&nbsp;know) and Middle English&nbsp;knowlechen&nbsp;\"admit, acknowledge\" (c. 1200; see&nbsp;knowledge).\"&nbsp;<span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\">By 16th c. the earlier vbs.&nbsp;knowledge&nbsp;and&nbsp;a(c)know&nbsp;... were obs., and acknowledge&nbsp;</span>took their place.\" [OED]&nbsp;&nbsp;</em>That explains why the first three renderings are no longer meaningful to the modern English speaker.&nbsp;<br></div><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"></span></span></span><br></div><ul><li><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Back to the use of 'confess:'&nbsp;A legal&nbsp;definition of confess&nbsp;is to admit&nbsp;guilt. And while the admission of guilt is certainly a tenet of Christianity - one must confess his status as a sinner -&nbsp;that is <strong>not</strong> Paul's point here. It is rather to declare openly, or make public declaration to others, that Jesus is Lord, whilst privately, in one's heart, believing in his resurrection from the dead. </span></span>Going back to the online dictionary [https://www. etymonline.com/s<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><em>earch?q=confess</em>] for confess: \"<em>late 14c., transitive and intransitive, \"make avowal or admission of\" (a fault, crime, sin, debt, etc.), from Old French&nbsp;confesser&nbsp;(transitive and intransitive), from Vulgar Latin&nbsp;*confessare, a frequentative form from Latin&nbsp;confess-, past participle stem of&nbsp;confiteri&nbsp;\"to acknowledge,\" from assimilated form of&nbsp;com&nbsp;\"together\" (see&nbsp;con-) +&nbsp;fateri&nbsp;\"to admit,\" akin to&nbsp;fari&nbsp;\"speak,\" from PIE root&nbsp;*bha-&nbsp;(2) \"to speak, tell, say.\"​ </em>And if we go back to Jerome's Vulgate from 405 CE we find:</span></span><br><ul><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">\"quia si <strong>confitearis</strong> in ore tuo Dominum Iesum et in corde tuo credideris quod Deus illum excitavit ex mortuis salvus eris 10 corde enim creditur ad iustitiam ore autem <strong>confessio</strong> fit in salutem\"&nbsp;</span></span></span><br></li><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">And the 1598 Vulgate:</span></span></span><ul><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><em></em>​\"Quia si <strong>confitearis</strong> in ore tuo Dominum Jesum, et in corde tuo credideris quod Deus illum suscitavit a mortuis, salvus eris. 10 Corde enim creditur ad justitiam: ore autem <strong>confessio</strong> fit ad salutem.\"</span></span></span>&nbsp;<span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><em>​Note&nbsp;that Latin has no <strong>J </strong>so the 1598 Vulgate 'Jesum' and 'justitiam'&nbsp; are anachronisms</em>.<br></span></span></span></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul><div><br></div><div>Wycliffe [either version] translated from Latin rather than Greek, yet did not use 'confess' or a derivative for&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#0c74bd;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">ὁμολογεῖται, </span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\">oddly enough. The Geneva Bible,&nbsp;a translation from the original Greek&nbsp;[1558, 1560], was the first to use confess in an English translation. Starting In the 20th century some translations began to move away from the churchy 'confession' to emphasize the public nature required for salvation.&nbsp; </span></span><br></div><ol><li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\">The Concordant Literal Version [CLV], <strong>1909</strong>, stated: \"with the mouth it is avowed for salvation.\"&nbsp; To avow is to \"assert or confess openly.\"</span></span><br></li><li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\">Smith-Goodspeed in <strong>1923</strong> [below] reads \"with their lips they make the acknowledgment and are saved.\" </span></span><br></li><li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\">CB Williams [<strong>1937</strong>] renders it: \"if with your lips you acknowledge the fact that Jesus is Lord.\"&nbsp;</span></span><br></li><li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\">NWTSY [<strong>1950</strong>] reads \"with the mouth one makes public declaration for salvation.\"</span></span><br></li><li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"></span></span>GW [<strong>1995</strong>] states: \"by declaring your faith you are saved.\"</li><li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\">​NLT [<strong>1996</strong>] reads \"it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.\"</span></span><br></li><li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\">ABP+ [<strong>1966</strong>] reads \"and the mouth&nbsp;acknowledges&nbsp;to&nbsp;deliverance.\"</span></span><br></li><li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\">But many recent 'mainline' translations continue&nbsp;to this day to render the Greek as&nbsp;'confess;' the CSB [confesses] [<strong>2017</strong>] and the RNJB [confession] [<strong>2019</strong>] are two recent English translations. The </span><u><a href=\"https://editor.sitebuilder.com/page-114-revised-new-jerusalem-study-bible\" data-attached-link=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Pages&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;id1606737903181&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Page 114 - Revised New Jerusalem Study Bible&quot;}\" class=\"wz-link internal-link\">RNJB</a></u><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"> especially can be expected to hew to the standard translation, given its Roman Catholic ancestry. The CSB, as we have noted elsewhere, is a </span><u><a href=\"https://editor.sitebuilder.com/page-25-christian-standard-bible\" data-attached-link=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Pages&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;id1515264305679&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Page 25 - Christian Standard Bible&quot;}\" class=\"wz-link internal-link\">disappointment on many levels</a></u><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\">, not just here.</span></span></li></ol><div><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"></span></span><br></div><div><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\">Other translations of Romans 10.10:</span></span><br></div><div><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"></span></span><u>Bible in Basic English</u> [BBE]:\"For with the heart man has faith to get righteousness, and with the mouth he <strong>says </strong>that Jesus is Lord to get salvation.\"</div><div><u></u><u>Common English Bible</u> [CEB]: :Trusting with the heart leads to righteousness, and <strong>confessing</strong> with the mouth leads to salvation.\"<br></div><div><u>Contemporary English Version</u> [CEV]: \"God will accept you and save you, if you truly believe this and <strong>tell</strong> <strong>it to others</strong>.\"&nbsp;<em>Not elegant but workmanlike-</em></div><div><u>Chas. Thompson</u>: \"&nbsp;For with the heart man believeth for righteousness, and with the mouth <strong>acknowledgment</strong> is made for salvation.\"</div><div><u>English Revised Version</u> <u>[</u>ERV]: \"Yes, we believe in Jesus deep in our hearts, and so we are made right with God. And we <strong>openly say</strong> that we believe in him, and so we are saved.\" <em>Similar to the CEV, sturdy and a much better rendering than 'confess' or 'confession.'</em><br></div><div><u>Smith-Goodspeed</u>: \"For with their minds men believe and are made upright, and with their lips they make the <strong>acknowledgment </strong>and are saved.\"</div><div><u>Holy New Covenant Translation</u>: \"To become right with God, a person believes with his heart. <strong>Declaring it openly</strong>, that person comes into safety from danger.\"</div><div><u>ISV</u>: \"For one believes with his heart and is justified, and <strong>declares with his mouth</strong> and is saved\"</div><div><u>Knox</u>: \"The heart has only to believe, if we are to be justified; the <strong>lips</strong> have only to <strong>make confession</strong>, if we are to be saved.\" [Remember Knox was a Roman Catholic priest. Perhaps his rendering of 'confession' here is an example of bias, obvious or unconscious].&nbsp;</div><ul><li><em>As stated above, is this a reference to the confessional? Why not just 'confess' rather than 'make confession?'<br></em></li><li><em>Knox captures the contrast of the heart believing and the lips having to act if one is 'to be saved,' but where and in what manner is the 'make confession' with one's 'lips?' Disappointing; Knox can be spot on but this is a miss</em>&nbsp;</li></ul><div><u>MSG</u>: \"With your whole being you embrace God setting things right, and then you<u></u> <strong>say it, right out loud</strong>: \"God has set everything right between him and me!\"&nbsp;<em>No;&nbsp;one's heart is now 'your whole being' and the open declaration is just saying 'it right out loud'. As opposed to mumbling?&nbsp; Paraphrases can at times be good but this is a demonstration of the other side of the paraphraser's pen - the unfortunate choice of words.&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></div><div><u>NIRV</u>: \"With your heart you believe and are made right with God. With your <strong>mouth you say</strong> that Jesus is Lord. And so you are saved.\"</div><div><u>JB Philllips</u>: \"For it is believing in the heart that makes a man righteous before God, and it is <strong>stating his belief by his own mouth</strong> that confirms his salvation.\"&nbsp;<em>Yes yes yes - 'stating his belief by his own mouth' is good in our opinion, ignoring the somewhat sexist references to 'his.' No confessional baggage here</em><br></div><div><u>REB_89</u>: \"If the <strong>confession</strong> ‘Jesus is Lord’ is <strong>on your lips</strong>, and the faith that God raised him from the dead is in your heart, you will find salvation.\"&nbsp;<em>No no no. Re-read all of our objections to confession and realize why this is not a very good rendering by any means. 'Faith . . . in your heart'&nbsp; means that the appositional heart and lips contrast is lost, replaced by faith vs. lips, not one's heart vs. lips. The&nbsp;REB 89 deserves its lacklustre status.&nbsp;</em></div><div><em></em><u>Wuest</u>: \"If you <strong>confess</strong> <strong>with your mouth</strong> Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from among the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart faith is exercised resulting in righteousness, and <strong>with the mouth confession </strong>is made resulting in salvation.\"&nbsp;<em>We generally like Wuest's renderings but this is a miss and a run-of-the-mill one at that. No to confess&nbsp;and no to confession.&nbsp;</em><br></div><div><em></em><u>Weymouth</u>: \"For with the heart men believe and obtain righteousness, and with the mouth they make<strong> confession</strong> and obtain salvation.\"&nbsp;<em>A disappointing rendering from a translation we respect</em><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><strong>Conclusion</strong>: <br></span></div><div><br></div><div>As you may have picked up, <strong>we don't think confess is the best English word for this</strong>.&nbsp;There are too many negatives associated with it, such as the confession of guilt or the churchy standing up in the pew and shouting 'Amen!' nine times in a row, or the 'encouragement' to confess with a rubber hose at&nbsp;a Police Station. Paul's contrast pairs the internal,&nbsp;intellectual conviction regarding Jesus&nbsp;with the need to publicly state or declare that belief. 'Declares with his mouth' is better than confesses, as is 'declaring it openly,'&nbsp;'say it, right out loud,' the 'mouth . . says' ,'mouth you say,' make the acknowledgement' and 'tell it to others.' <strong>We prefer 'public declaration' and/or 'public acknowledgement.</strong>' The venue for the declaration might be one's pew but employing the modifier 'public' more clearly reveals to the reader that this is not necessarily only for church or a private confessional; that would be here a lesser meaning.&nbsp; Another mistaken idea is that the two expressions are separate and not part of a whole.&nbsp; Paul is emphasizing the contrast or difference between these two necessary parts of a Christian.&nbsp; Faith in Jesus as the resurrected Son and Lamb of God is absolutely requisite; just as vital to gaining God's approval is the public declaring of the Good News that Jesus preached. They are both part of a composite requirement&nbsp;and equally important. Should you disagree with 'public declaration' or 'public acknowledgement,' please re-read what follows in Romans 10.11- 15, which concludes [vs.15] with \"How, in turn, will they preach unless they have been sent out?&nbsp;Just as it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who declare good news of good things!”&nbsp; One does NOT declare good news in the confessional.&nbsp; Does the confession's recipient need to hear the Good News? Looking at this discussion backwards in a sense - from the culmination of Paul's argument - makes clear that the action that is contrasted with the faith in one's heart is the <strong>public preaching</strong> of the Good News.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Translation consistency</strong> <br></div><ul><li>At times 'the hobgoblin of small minds.' Some translations boast that for every occurrence of Greek word X their rendering is Y.&nbsp; For some words that may work; for others it can produce unfortunate results. The Hebrew word<span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\">&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size:20px;\">יָד</span></span>, Strong's H3027, '<span style=\"color:#0a74bd;\">yâd</span>&nbsp;<em>yawd,&nbsp;</em>literally&nbsp;means hand. In some translations, it is rendered with twenty [20] plus different English words.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br></li><li>Prov 18.21 reads: \"Death and life are in the <strong>power </strong>of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.\" {ESV} <br></li><li>At 1 Kings 8.13, the same Hebrew word appears and is rendered: \"And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she desired, whatever she asked besides what was given her by the<strong> bounty</strong> of King Solomon. So she turned and went back to her own land with her servants.\" <br></li><li>In both verses, rendering the Hebrew literally is, first, nonsensical in English [<em>hand of the tongue</em>?] and second hides the meaning ['<em>given her by the hand of King Solomon</em>'] implying&nbsp;that he personally loaded the items in her wagons with his hands. This makes the case for translation of the originals, not via rigid rendering&nbsp;of source language words with the same target language word each time, but translating in accord with the context. <br></li><li>Having said that, the translations of&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#097dce;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">ὁμολογέω</span></span>, ho·mo·lo·geʹo, provide us with [good? bad?] examples of inconsistency.&nbsp;</li></ul><div><br></div><div>The <strong>NJB, CJB, NWTSY</strong> and to a lesser extent the <strong>NLT</strong> present the best renderings. <br></div><div><br></div><div><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><strong>A huge inconsistency:&nbsp;</strong></span></span> When looking at a version's rendering of Rom 10.9,10 it is quite revealing to look at verse 8 from the standpoint of consistency {a principle that is evidently not very important to most translators}.&nbsp; Consider these versions which at times render&nbsp;<em>homologia</em>&nbsp;as confess or confession in&nbsp;verse 10:</div><div><br></div><ul><li>ASV:&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we <strong>preach</strong>:</em><ul><li><em>​Preach here renders the Greek&nbsp;<span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">κηρύσσω&nbsp;</span></span>kērussō {G2784};</em> <strong>Thayer </strong>defines it<em> as&nbsp;&nbsp;to be a <strong>herald,</strong> to officiate as a herald 1a) to<strong> proclaim</strong> after the manner of a herald 1b) always with the suggestion of formality, gravity and an authority which must be listened to and obeyed<br>2) to <strong>publish, proclaim openly</strong>: something which has been done 3) used of the <strong>public proclamation </strong>of the gospel and matters pertaining to it, made by John the Baptist, by Jesus, by the apostles and other Christian teachers&nbsp;</em>{formatting added}<br></li><li>Strong's defines it as:&nbsp;<em>Of uncertain affinity; to herald (as a public crier), especially divine truth (the gospel): - <strong>preach</strong> (-er), <strong>proclaim</strong>, <strong>publish</strong>. </em>{formatting added}</li><li>Thus the line of reasoning that Paul advances in these verses relates in no way to the confessional; it is linked to proclaiming the Good News, to publicly declaring it.&nbsp; Note how Merriam-Webster defines herald:&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>While herald the verb is more common today, herald the noun is older. When the word was first welcomed into English in the early 14th century, it referred to an official at a tournament (one of those knightly sporting events the Middle Ages are famous for). <strong>The herald's duties included making announcements, hence the word's uses relating to announcements both literal and metaphorical.&nbsp;</strong></em>{Source:&nbsp;https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/herald}</li></ul></li><li>AMP:&nbsp;<em>But what does it say? \"THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART\"--that is, the word [the message, the basis] of faith which we <strong>preach</strong></em></li><li>ESV:&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we<strong> proclaim</strong>);</em><em></em><br></li><li><em></em>HCSB:&nbsp;<em>On the contrary, what does it say? The message is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. This is the message of faith that we <strong>proclaim</strong>:</em></li><li><em></em>NASB:&nbsp;<em>&nbsp;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 are <strong>preaching</strong>,</em></li><li><em><strong></strong></em><strong></strong>NET:&nbsp;<em><strong></strong>&nbsp;But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we <strong>preach)</strong>,</em></li><li>NJB:<em>&nbsp;</em><em>What does it say, then? The word is very near to you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, that is, the word of faith, the faith which we <strong>preach,</strong></em><br></li><li>NLT:<em>&nbsp;</em><em>In fact, it says, “The message is very close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart.” And that message is the very message about faith that we <strong>preach</strong>:</em><br></li><li>NWTSY:&nbsp;<em>But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your own mouth and in your own heart”; that is, “the word” of faith, which we are <strong>preaching</strong>.</em><br></li><li><em></em><strong></strong>WUEST:&nbsp;<em>&nbsp;But what does it say? Near you the word is, in your mouth and in your heart. This is the word of the Faith which we are <strong>proclaiming</strong></em><em></em></li></ul><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Note the explanations below from various <strong>commentaries</strong>:<br></div><div><br></div><div><strong>Barclay DSB</strong>: \"But a man must not only believe in his heart; he must confess with his lips. Christianity is belief plus confession; it involves witness before men. Not only God, but also our fellow men, must know what side we are on.\"&nbsp;<span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><em>Rather, Christianity as practiced in the first century is belief plus preaching and teaching the Good News.&nbsp;</em></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><strong>Barnes:</strong>&nbsp;\"That a profession of religion is, by Paul, made as really indispensable to salvation as believing. According to him it is connected with salvation as really as faith is with justification; and this accords with all the declarations of the Lord Jesus; Mat_10:32; Mat_25:34-46; Luk_12:8. <em>What is meant by 'profession of religion' is mystifying to us.&nbsp;</em></div><div><strong></strong><br></div><div><strong>Biblical Illustrator</strong>: \"The nature of this confession.&nbsp; 1. It is not enough that we cherish the conviction in our hearts, or confess it to ourselves, to <br></div><div>friends who agree with us, or to God. 2. It <strong>must be done publicly,</strong> or before men—foes as well as friends, amid good and evil report, when it brings reproach and danger as well as when it incurs no risk. 3. It must be with the mouth. It is not enough that men may infer from our conduct that we are Christians, we must audibly declare it.\" <em>[formatting added]&nbsp; <span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\">'Must be done publicly' expresses well the venue of the action; what is 'audibly declared' is the Good News, the only hope for mankind.</span></em></div><div><strong></strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Cambridge</strong>; \"unto salvation] i.e. final salvation; the “end of our faith, even the salvation of our souls.” (1Pe_1:9.) The “confession with the mouth” represents in fact the whole process by which the Christian, in his life on earth, owns and obeys Christ as his Lord; refuses to “deny Him” in the evil world. It thus stands here for the “narrow path” along which the justified move to their promised and assured home. Faith indeed “saves:”—the Christian, in every sense, “lives by faith in the Son of God” (Gal_2:20). But his “life” is manifested in obedience, which alone (whatever be the influence which leads him to it and keeps him in it) is the path to heaven.—See Eph_2:8-10.\"</div><ul><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><em>Note: this totally misses the point of Paul's reasoning. Confessing - better said as public declaration - is necessary for salvation. It is not the 'whole process of by which the Christian . . . owns and obeys Christ as his Lord.' One's life as a Christian must be lived in accordance with the totality of the Scriptures, but public declaration, <strong>preaching</strong>, was fundamental to the early Church. And the lack of it today by mainline Protestants is why their form of Christianity is lifeless and lacks any organic growth. The Church that claims to be Christian and does no public declaring is a Church that is doomed to be a vestigial organ. Such churches are more concerned with this week's bake sale, prayer night, bingo night or righting perceived social injustices. There are good parts to such endeavors but focusing on these misses the 'Good News of the Kingdom of God,' the message that our Lord preached.&nbsp; Christianity is and was a movement to herald the coming changes that would be made by the Creator, not by earthly kingdoms, Crusades or bingo. Whatever the Kingdom of God is to such ones, it is *<strong>not</strong>* the same Kingdom that Jesus preached throughout his ministry on earth.&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></span><br></li></ul><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><em></em></span><br></div><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><em>​</em></span><em></em><strong></strong><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><strong>Expositors Greek NT:</strong></span><em><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></em><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"></span><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#0c83d6;\">καρδίᾳ γὰρ πιστεύεται εἰς δικαιοσύνην, στόματι δὲ ὁμολογεῖται εἰς σωτηρίαν.</span></span><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"> The parallelism is like that in the previous verse, though the order of the clauses is reversed. To be saved one must attain δικαιοσύνη, and this depends on heart-faith; such faith, again, leading to salvation, must confess itself. <strong>To separate the two clauses, and look for an independent meaning in each, is a mistake</strong>; a heart believing unto righteousness, and a mouth making confession unto salvation, are not really two things, but two sides of the same thing.&nbsp;The formalism which seems to contrast them is merely a mental (perhaps only a literary) idiosyncrasy of the writer. It is true to say that such a confession as is meant here was made at baptism; but to limit it to baptism, or to use this verse to prove baptism essential to salvation, is, as Weiss says, unerhörter Dogmatismus. <em>[</em></span><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><em>outrageous dogmatism]</em>.</span><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\">&nbsp;<em>{formatting added} </em></span><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><em>So again the question is, what and to whom is one confessing?&nbsp; And Paul is *<strong>not</strong>* referring to what is publicly stated by baptism; that is a request for forgiveness based on the ransom of Jesus.&nbsp; Paul is referring to the action of publicly declaring the good news, of saying out loud to any and all that God has purposed to rid the earth of all of Satan's systems and usher in his own kingdom, an administration that will once and for all cure all of the ailments that plague humankind and individuals.&nbsp;</em></span><br></div><div><strong></strong><br></div><div><strong></strong><strong>IVP New Testament Commentary:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>Verse Rom_10:10 amplifies these ideas and draws together the ideas of righteousness and salvation from verses Rom_10:6 and Rom_10:9. It also reverses the order of verses Rom_10:8 and Rom_10:9, with heart/belief first and mouth/confession second, thus forming an ABBA chiasm for emphasis. As in verse Rom_10:9, the two pairs are virtually synonymous, for confession is the expression of belief, and righteousness/justification is part of the experience of salvation. Paul is summing up his argument thus far in verses Rom_10:5-9; faith is the only way to have a right relationship with God, and it includes both the mouth and the heart, both confession and belief. To try to get right with God any other way is inadequate and impossible. In Christ, God has graciously provided the only way to him, so all anyone can do is accept his grace-gift by faith. <span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><em>T</em></span><i><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\">his work embraces 'confession' as their approved rendering for&nbsp;</span><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-2\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">&nbsp;<strong>ὁμολογεῖται. </strong></span></span><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">We beg to differ with '</span></span></i><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">confession is the expression of belief</span></span><i><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">'</span></span></i><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><strong></strong>&nbsp; - <em>rather</em>,&nbsp;<em>most see it as the expression of guilt and a desire for foregiveness. As stated elsewhere on this page and on this site, most folks hear or read 'confession' and think of absolution, not declaring&nbsp;one's faith for salvation.</em></span><em><br></em></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Commentary (JFB)</strong>: \"righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation — This confession of <br></div><div>Christ’s name, especially in times of persecution, and whenever obloquy is attached to the Christian profession, is an indispensable test of discipleship.\" <span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><em>As with the Cambridge comment above, the point of what is confessed is not 'just' or simply 'confessing' Christ's name. If one reads further in Romans 10, verse 15 makes it plain as well that 9 &amp; 10 cannot be references to the 'confessional,' because Paul points out that one is sent to <strong>preach</strong>, and quotes Is 52.7: [NWTSY] \"&nbsp;How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the one bringing good news, The one proclaiming peace, The one bringing good news of something better, The one proclaiming salvation, The one saying to Zion: “Your God has become King!”\"&nbsp; Good news indeed</em></span></div><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><strong><em></em></strong></span><br></div><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><strong><em>​</em>Jewish New Testament Commentary (JNTC)</strong>: \"In fact, Rom_10:9 plus the last two verses cited constitute the whole Gospel in brief, so far as the individual is concerned. As a sinner, you not only fall short of earning God's praise (Rom_3:23) but have earned death as your wages (Rom_6:23). Nevertheless, God's free gift to you is eternal life through Yeshua the Messiah, our Lord (Rom_6:23). If you put your trust in him inwardly (heart) and outwardly (mouth), you will be delivered from death to life (Rom_10:9).</span><br></div><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><br>The Greek word for \"to acknowledge publicly\" is \"omologein,\" usually translated \"to confess\" but meaning, literally, \"to say the same thing\"-in this case, to agree with what God has revealed in his word about himself and his Son. <u>The public, open aspect of this agreeing is essential</u>; this can be seen from the contexts elsewhere in the New Testament where the word \"omologein\" is used-Mat_10:32; Luk_12:8; Joh_1:20, Joh_9:22, Joh_12:42; 1Ti_6:13; 1Jn_4:2-3, 1Jn_4:15; 2Jn_1:7.&nbsp; &nbsp;And \". . .&nbsp;in Rom_10:10 the tense often implies continuing action, although the majority of scholars believe that Sha'ul is not actually emphasizing it here. Nevertheless, it is a fact that one usually comes to trust at an identifiable point or period of time; but in order to continue toward righteousness and deliverance, it is necessary that one<strong> goes on trusting </strong>and <strong>keeps on acknowledging publicly </strong>one's faith.&nbsp;<em>{formatting added}</em></span><br></div><ul><li><em><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\">Note: Contrast this with the Cambridge [mis-] explanation above. Note how the underlined and bold sections&nbsp;captures the public aspect of the declaration and the need for ongoing public acknowledgement of one's faith. This nicely aligns with the CJB's rendering of the verses.</span></em><br></li></ul><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><strong></strong></span><br></div><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><strong></strong></span><strong>Moulton&nbsp;&amp; Milligan</strong>: \"The root meaning of this verb “agree with” is seen in the contract P Oxy II. 275.1 (A.D. 66) ὁ[μ]ο[λ]ογοῦσιν ἀλλή[λ]οις Τρύφων . . . καὶ Πτολεμαῖο[ς, “agreement between Tryphon and Ptolemaeus” : cf. the legal formula ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα, “in answer to the formal question I have given my consent,” as in P Ryl II. 100.15 (A.D. 238). <strong>From this the transition is easy to the sense “acknowledge,” “publicly declare</strong>,” e.g. ib. 125.26 (A.D. 28–9) \"&nbsp;<em>formatting added. <span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\">Yes 'publicly declare' is the best rendering here</span></em></div><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><strong></strong></span><br></div><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><strong>Nelson's Bible Commentary</strong>: \"For indicates that this verse explains v. Rom_10:9. The condition for righteousness, that is for being justified, is internal faith. The condition of salvation, meaning deliverance from wrath and from the power of sin, is external confession (v. Rom_10:1; Rom_5:9-10), which is calling on the Lord for help (vv. Rom_10:12-13).</span><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\">​</span><br></div><ul><li><em><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\">Another mis-reading of the verse and further proof that 'confess' is a poor choice. What confession is here spoken of? Of one's sins?</span></em></li></ul><div><strong></strong><br></div><div><strong>NWTSY</strong>: From the NWT Study Edition, 2013 footnote on verse 9:&nbsp;&nbsp;\"publicly declare: The Greek word ho·mo·lo·geʹo is rendered “confess” in some Bibles. Many lexicons define this word “to declare (acknowledge) publicly.” In verse&nbsp;10, the same verb is translated “makes public declaration.” Paul explains that it is not enough for Christians to have faith in their heart; <strong>they must make a public declaration of that faith in order to gain salvation</strong>. (Ps 40:9, 10; 96:2, 3, 10; 150:6; Ro 15:9) They do not make such a public declaration just once, as at the time of their baptism, but they continue to do so when meeting together with fellow believers and when proclaiming the good news about salvation to unbelievers.​—Heb 10:23-25; 13:15. <em>[</em><i>Formatting added]</i></div><ul><li><em><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\">The Study Bible edition differs from previous editions of the NWT as shown in this comment; alluding to other translations/reference works to highlight why their rendering is chosen is somewhat of a major change for the publishers. It's jarring to the eye to see this type of reference; as we state elsewhere, the NWT editions prior to 2013 mostly reveled in translating a verse as they saw fit, regardless of other renderings. We applaud the openness of the 2013 version and feel quite strongly that it much enhances the version.&nbsp;&nbsp;The point of Paul's reasoning is well said here - 'it is not enough for Christians to have faith in their heart; they must make a <strong>public declaration </strong>of that faith in order to gain salvation.'&nbsp; Public declaration is not the confessional by any means; by its very&nbsp; nature that act&nbsp;is private and legally and otherwise confidential. The very opposite of public.&nbsp;</span></em></li></ul><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"></span><br></div><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"></span><strong>Matthew Henry:</strong>&nbsp;\"(b.) Concerning profession: It is with the mouth that confession is made - confession to God in prayer and praise (Rom_15:6), confession to men by owning the ways of God before others, especially when we are called to it in a day of persecution. It is fit that God should be honoured with the mouth, for he made man's mouth (Exo_4:11), and at such a time has promised to give his faithful people a mouth and wisdom, Luk_21:15. It is part of the honour of Christ that every tongue shall confess, Php_2:11. And this is said to be unto salvation, because it is the performance of the condition of that promise, Mat_10:32. Justification by faith lays the foundation of our title to salvation; but by confession we build upon that foundation, and come at last to the full possession of that to which we were entitled. So that we have here a brief summary of the terms of salvation, and they are very reasonable; in short this, that we must devote, dedicate, and give up, to God, our souls and our bodies - our souls in believing with the heart, and our bodies in confessing with the mouth. This do, and thou shalt live.\"<br></div><ul><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><em>Another commentary misdirected by the connotations of confession. And this commentary also alludes to such confession in the context of persecution, which is *not* in the Greek or in the context; others also link 'confession'&nbsp; with persecution.&nbsp; We find no such reference or allusion in the immediate context of Romans 10.9,10.&nbsp;</em></span></li></ul><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"></span><br></div><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\">​</span><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"><strong>McClintock &amp; Strong's Cyclopedia</strong>, for Confessor, states: \"In the Romish Church, a confessor is an ordained priest who has power to hear sinners in the so-called sacrament of penance, and to give them “absolution.” He is generally designated confessarius, to distinguish him from confessor. The confessors of the kings of France, from the time of Henry IV, were constantly Jesuits; before them, the Dominicans and Cordeliers shared the office between them. The confessors of the house of Austria have also ordinarily been Dominicans and Cordeliers, but the later emperors have taken Jesuits. — Mosheim, Church History, 1:54.\"</span><br></div><ul><li><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\" style=\"\"><i>We cite this to illustrate more fully why 'confess,' confession and the like are poor choices.&nbsp; How is the one raised in Catholicism, as well as Anglicanism [with very similar practices], to parse '\"For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation?\" (KJV) The thought from that frame of reference is indeed the confessional, a priest as confessor and the putative washing away of sins by acts of contrition.&nbsp; Paul contemplated nothing of that sort when penning this verse. It removes the personal aspect of what Paul stated - one is to publicly declare the faith in Jesus that transforms the person, not foist off on some cleric the message of salvation by means of the blood of the Christ; it is not an owning up of one's sins that he encourages here in Romans. This issue harks back to the Waldenses and Tyndale and the way that the Church fought bitterly to continue it's place in between God and humans with confess and charity and church. The Church opposed translations of the Bible in any vernacular; when that battle was lost, they moved on to the next battle in the war for men's souls by slanting the translations so as to perpetuate the church [instead of congregation]; foster donations to the church with charity and here, insert the priest and confessional into what properly is the requirement to proclaim the Good News of God by each believer. It is no wonder that the Church, and many so called 'c</i></span><em><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><em>h</em>ristian' churches, no longer experience any organic growth. How could they when they do not proselytize?&nbsp;</span></em></li></ul><div><strong></strong><br></div><div><em><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"></span></em><strong>Wiersbe</strong>: \"He made it clear in Rom_10:9-10 that salvation is by faith — we believe in the heart, receive God’s righteousness, and then confess Christ openly and without shame.\"&nbsp; <span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><em>Trite repetition of 'confess' in the ecclesiatical sense rather than preaching / declaring the Good News publicly</em></span>​<br></div><div><em><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"></span></em><br></div><div><em><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"></span></em><br></div><div><sup><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\">1&nbsp;</span></sup><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\">Regarding Translation Philosophies as stated in various translations: Our experience is that they mean whatever the translator(s) and editors wants them to mean.&nbsp; It is nearly universal that a version will espouse, even trumpet&nbsp;that it is a 'fresh, new, back to the original language texts' and so forth and yet all too often when it comes to the Divine Name, they will revert to 'the traditional translation of the Divine Name as' L<span style=\"font-size:12px;\">ORD</span> or G<span style=\"font-size:12px;\">OD.</span>&nbsp; As we state here, translation philosophy is all well and good but in the end, what do the verses say? Does the version use Yahweh or Jehovah for the translation of the Tetragrammaton? If not, we are very unlikely to recommend it.&nbsp; And <strong>we consider translation philosophy to be mostly moonshine</strong>.&nbsp; One sad example is the <strong>English Standard Bible</strong>, which cops out to 'the traditional/customary rendering' as L<span style=\"font-size:12px;\">ORD</span> and G<span style=\"font-size:12px;\">OD</span>.&nbsp; Another in this place of shame is the <strong>NET</strong> Bible, which states {pg. T} {the NET&nbsp;Introduction} that the Translation Committee&nbsp;'eventually decided to follow the usage of most English translations and render the Divine Name&nbsp;as \"L<span style=\"font-size:12px;\">ORD</span>\"</span><em><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\">​ </span></em><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\">in small caps.'&nbsp; And so much for a return to the original meaning and content of the source texts. Tradition is allowed to triumph.</span><br></div><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"></span><br></div><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\">3 Re: Tyndale's rendering of knowledge rather than confess: This is one of the words that caused Thomas More to rant and rave , acknowledging as he did that eliminating the practice of confession struck at the heart of the Church's power and funding&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\"></span><br></div><div><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\">Background image:&nbsp;<em>Drop Cap for Psalms 1 from the Vulgate,&nbsp;</em><strong>Beatus initial</strong><em>; source:&nbsp;Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7009092 </em>as of 8-20-2026</span><em><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\">​</span></em><em></em><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>","verticalAlignment":"top"},"metaData":{"position":{"left":-480.00006103515625,"top":201},"size":{"width":959,"height":6637}}}]}],"offset":{"left":231.00001525878906,"top":63.999755859375}}],"connections":{"targetConnections":{},"sourceConnections":{}},"customStatesProperties":{"id1610198457353":{"isElementWasEditedInMode":{"MobileResponsiveStateId1234":{"coordinator":{"stateValue":true}}},"isVisibleInMode":{"MobileResponsiveStateId1234":{"coordinator":{"stateValue":true}}},"sizeAndPosition":{"MobileResponsiveStateId1234":{"coordinator":{"stateValue":{"width":118,"height":40,"left":194,"top":84}}}},"display":{"MobileResponsiveStateId1234":{"coordinator":{"stateValue":"fixed"}}},"cellItem":{"MobileResponsiveStateId1234":{"coordinator":{"stateValue":{"id":1610198457355,"width":100,"rowId":1610198457356}}}},"verticalLayout":{"MobileResponsiveStateId1234":{"coordinator":{"stateValue":"normal"}}},"horizontalLayout":{"MobileResponsiveStateId1234":{"coordinator":{"stateValue":"normal"}}},"fillLayout":{"MobileResponsiveStateId1234":{"coordinator":{"stateValue":{"fillHorizontal":false,"fillVertical":false}}}},"margin":{"MobileResponsiveStateId1234":{"coordinator":{"stateValue":{"top":0,"left":0,"bottom":0,"right":0}}}},"isVisible":{"MobileResponsiveStateId1234":{"coordinator":{"stateValue":true}}}}},"pageId":"id1456008725137","version":17.004,"id":"id1787582536423","relativePoint":{"left":231.00001525878906,"top":63.999755859375}}