“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.”
If you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. — The conditions for salvation are elementary: ὁμολογέω (homologeō, "confess") ἐν τῷ στόματι (en tō stomati, "with the mouth") that Ἰησοῦς κύριος (Iēsous kyrios, "Jesus is Lord") and believe (πιστεύω, pisteuō) that God ἐγείρω (egeirō, "raised") him from the dead. The gospel is accessible; salvation is not complex.
Church Fathers on Romans 10:9
But the righteousness which is of faith speaks on this wise, Say not in your heart, Who shall ascend into heaven (that is, to bring Christ down from above): or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what says it? The word is near you, even in your mouth, and in your heart, that is, the word of faith which we preach. That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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