What does Romans 10:13 mean?

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Romans 10:13, King James Version

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The verse in its chapter

Romans 10:11-15

  1. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
  2. 12 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.
  3. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
  4. 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
  5. 15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

Study note

Tyndale Open Study Notes (CC BY-SA 4.0).

10:13 Paul quotes Joel 2:32, where the Lord in Hebrew is Yahweh, the personal name of God (see Exod 3:15). However, as Rom 10:12 makes clear, the Lord in Romans is Jesus Christ. This verse shows that Christians from the time of the apostles have associated Jesus with God.

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About the book of Romans

Author
Paul (Romans 1:1)
When
c. AD 57, from Corinth
Period
Igreja primitiva, c. 30 a 70 d.C. (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

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