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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 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. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. To trust...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: It is not a matter of doing with the hand, but of believing with the heart, and of confession with the mouth.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That is, the word of faith which we preach; 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. The gospel’s command, “Believe and live,” is quite as clear and plain and positive as the law’s command, “Do and live.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,.... That is, if a man shall make a good, sincere, and hearty confession to God, before the church and people of God, and before the world, that Christ is his Lord and Saviour, whom he desires to serve, and to be saved by; and this as arising from a comfortable experience of the grace of God...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness,.... The apostle here explains the nature and use both of faith and confession; as true faith does not lie in the bare assent of the mind to the Gospel, or any truth contained in it, respecting the person and office of Christ, so neither does it lie, as not in the brain, so not in the tongue, but...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: [Gentile] in this matter.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. How different all this from that going about to establish our own righteousness, this setting up of prayers, and tears, and church-goings, and chapel-goings, and good works, and I know not what beside! Instead of that, here is Christ set...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. He shall never be ashamed of having believed on the Lord Jesus Christ. If he really believes on him, he shall never be ashamed of the result of so believing, for that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. After believing in Christ, the man must confess that he does believe in him. It would be a shame for any believer to try to sneak into heaven without owning that Christ has saved him. If any man is ashamed of his religion, you may depend upon...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. If, then, I base my eternal salvation upon Christ, and am trusting in him, not in my works, or prayers, or tears, or alms, or feelings, or even in my own repentance or...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. True faith must be accompanied by an open confession. Come forward, and outwardly own what you inwardly believe. Remember those words of the Lord Jesus, “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.” Here, as there, the confession is put...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the Scripture saith,.... Of this form of expression, or mode of speaking, [See comments on Romans 9:17]. The passage referred to is Isaiah 28:16, cited before in Romans 9:33; the view with which it is produced is to prove the certain connection between faith and righteousness, and confession and salvation; or in other words, to observe that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. Though he did much that he need be ashamed of, yet when the law so brought him to believe in Jesus Christ for righteousness, he is righteous, and he is so righteous that he shall never be ashamed of his righteousness, nor ashamed of his faith in Christ. Would God that some...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. Shall not be ashamed of having done so, and shall not be ashamed of having missed the blessing which was promised, for he shall surely receive what God says shall follow his faith and confession.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. Whoever they may be, Jews or Gentiles, rich or poor, learned or illiterate, black or white, if they will but call upon God in prayer, he will not be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. He need never be ashamed of his faith. It will bear him up; it will bear him through; it will bear him up to heaven.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek,.... Some reasons are here assigned, confirming the apostle's sense of the prophet's words, that everyone that believes in Christ shall be saved; for there is no distinction of nations, no superiority on account of carnal descent, or fleshly privileges, no preeminence on the score of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. This was the old prophecy of Joel. The Jews knew it. It is the new teaching of the gospel. The Gentiles know it. Oh! who would not wish to be in that broad “whosoever,” that he might find salvation?