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For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that righteousness.
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But the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows: "DO NOT SAY IN YOUR HEART, 'WHO WILL ASCEND INTO HEAVEN?' (that is, to bring Christ down ),
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or 'WHO WILL DESCEND INTO THE ABYSS?' (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead)."
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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 preaching,
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that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord , and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;