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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.
Romans 10:12 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him.
  • BSB For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
  • NKJV For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.
  • NASB For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him;
  • NLT Jew and Gentile are the same in this respect. They have the same Lord, who gives generously to all who call on him.

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Quick answer

There is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord generously blesses all who call on him. The gospel is open to every kind of person without partiality.

Overview

Picking up the word whoever from v. 11, Paul declares that ethnic distinctions no longer determine access to salvation. The one Lord is Lord of all and is rich in mercy toward everyone who calls on him in faith. This universal offer flows from the universal need for righteousness (chapters 1-3) and the sufficiency of Christ's work. The gospel unites Jew and Gentile in one saved people.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 32

  • Phil 4:19But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
  • Rev 17:14These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
  • Gal 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
  • Rom 3:22Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
  • Ps 86:5For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
  • Col 3:11Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
  • Ps 145:18The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
  • Rom 3:29–30Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
  • Eph 1:7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
  • 1 Tim 2:5For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
  • Eph 3:6That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
  • Acts 10:34–36Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
  • Rev 19:16And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
  • Col 1:27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
  • Col 2:2–3That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
  • Phil 2:11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
  • Rom 4:11–12And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
  • Acts 15:8–9And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
  • Isa 55:6Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
  • Rom 14:9For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
  • Rom 2:4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
  • 1 Cor 15:47The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
  • 2 Cor 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
  • 1 Cor 1:2Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
  • Eph 2:18–22For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
  • Rom 9:23–24And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
  • Eph 2:7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
  • Rom 15:12And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
  • Eph 2:4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
  • Acts 9:14And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
  • Eph 3:16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
  • Eph 3:8Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

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Christ at the center

Paul unfolds the gospel in full: Christ our righteousness received by faith, the second Adam in whom many are made righteous, in whose death and resurrection we are buried and raised.

How Romans 10:12 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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