Lutheran Lens Commentary: Romans 10:9-10 (Confess and Believe)

## Lutheran Lens Reading of Romans 10:9-10 (Confess and Believe)

### Tradition-Specific Interpretation

We read this passage as a profound statement of the Gospel, declaring that faith and confession are not works of the Law but gifts of God's grace. Romans 10:9-10 speaks to the heart of justification by faith alone, emphasizing that belief in the heart and confession with the mouth are the Spirit's work, not human effort. This passage delivers Christ to the hearer, assuring us that salvation is secured through His death and resurrection, confessed and believed through the means of grace.

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