What Does Romans 10:13 Mean in the King James?
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The name you call on is the Lord’s nature, and everyone who calls meets deliverance.
THE MEANING
Your call reaches the Lord as the one whose nature you call upon. The promise is open to whosoever, and the result is deliverance. The verse places no boundary around the caller.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that deliverance belongs only to a spiritually qualified few: whosoever calls is included.
THE ROOT
ὄνομα
onoma
GROWS FROM
ὄνομα
onoma
Name; the identity by which someone is known.
A name carries the identity of the one named, not just a detached sound. Calling on the Lord’s name is calling upon the Lord’s own nature.
ALSO GROWS
onomazō: to name, call by name
ὀνομάζω
It shows a name as the identity by which someone is called.
onomastos: named, renowned
ὀνομαστός
The word carries a person’s recognized identity, reinforcing that the call addresses the Lord himself.
σωθήσεται
sōthēsetai
GROWS FROM
σῴζω
sōzō
To deliver, rescue, or preserve.
The verb presents deliverance as something the caller receives. Its word family centers on rescue and preservation, so “saved” carries the sense of being brought out of peril.
ALSO GROWS
sōtēr: deliverer, rescuer
σωτήρ
It names the one who brings about the deliverance promised here.
sōtēria: deliverance, rescue
σωτηρία
It names the result as deliverance, making the promise’s outcome explicit.
ἐπικαλέσηται
epikalesētai
GROWS FROM
καλέω
kaleō
To call, summon, or name.
“call upon” in this verse is epikalesētai. The verb joins calling with the sense of calling upon someone: it is directed toward the Lord. The verse describes an addressed call, met by deliverance.
ALSO GROWS
klēsis: calling, invitation
κλῆσις
It shows the same root describing a call that reaches and summons.
klētos: called, invited
κλητός
It carries the root’s movement from calling to being called.
THE PATTERN
The Lord’s deliverance is open to everyone who calls on the Lord’s name.
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:THE THREAD
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.Joel 2:32 gives the Hebrew shape behind this line: whoever calls on the name of the LORD finds deliverance. It places that promise alongside the LORD’s own call, bringing the human call and divine calling together.
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