What Does Romans 10:12 Mean in the King James?

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 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

The same Lord’s abundance reaches everyone who calls, so ancestry does not divide access.

THE MEANING

The same Lord is abundant toward every person who calls on him. Jew and Greek do not stand on separate levels of access to that abundance; the verse speaks across that boundary to you now.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

The verse undoes the belief that your ancestry or group identity determines whether you can approach the Lord.

THE ROOT

πλουτῶν

ploutōn

GROWS FROM

πλουτ-

plout-

Abundance, wealth.

The word carries the sense of being abundant, not simply possessing riches. Its word-family links abundance itself with being rich, so the verse pictures the Lord’s plenty extending toward everyone who calls.

ALSO GROWS

ploutos: Wealth; abundance.

πλοῦτος

This noun names the abundance behind the Lord’s being rich toward all.

plouteō: To be rich; to abound.

πλουτέω

This verb shows that the same seed can describe abundance as something present and active.

ἐπικαλουμένους

epikaloumenous

GROWS FROM

καλέω

To call, summon, or invite.

“Call upon” names an appeal directed toward the Lord. The same word-family also names a calling and someone who is called, making the verse’s shared point of access visible: people of either identity are named by their calling.

ALSO GROWS

klēsis: A calling; an invitation.

κλῆσις

This related noun presents calling as a summons or invitation, not a marker of ancestry.

klētos: Called; invited.

κλητός

This related word describes someone by the call they receive, echoing the verse’s focus on those who call upon the Lord.

THE PATTERN

Scripture repeatedly removes human distinctions as barriers to approaching or belonging with God.

The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

Psalm 145:18 · KJVThe LORD’s nearness is extended to all who call, matching the open reach of the abundance in Romans.

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

Acts 10:34 · KJVThe verse names the same removal of distinctions that Romans expresses through Jew and Greek.

There 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.

Galatians 3:28 · KJVThe inherited and social divisions named here do not determine who belongs.

THE THREAD

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Romans 10:13 · KJV

The next verse carries the same calling into the word “whosoever,” making the open scope explicit. The Lord’s name carries his nature, so calling on his name is an appeal to who he is, not a boundary of ancestry.

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