ROMANS—NOTE ON Romans 10:14 How then? With a series of rhetorical questions, Paul considers the chain of events necessary for a person to be saved. The logic of these verses is clear: (1) People will call on Jesus to save them only if they believe he can do so; (2) belief in Christ cannot exist without knowledge about him; (3) one hears about Christ only when someone proclaims the saving message; and (4) the message about Christ will not be proclaimed unless someone is sent by God to do so. Paul was so urgent about spreading the gospel to the ends of the earth because he believed that the only way to be saved was to hear and believe in the gospel. (Paul is not talking here about OT believers or infants; see note on 2 Sam. 12:23). beautiful... feet. See Isaiah 52:7.

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