If Romans 10 :13 NWT says "Everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah Will be saved"?

Question

Does this mean that if I used to be a Jehovah's Witness, and have left the (faith) because of doctrinal inconsistencies, am I still saved?

AMEN..... CYN!

HIs Princess...exactly! That is why I put the NWT as the sorce of the scripture....It is re-written for a particular belief system.

Thank you Achtung Heiss .......for your confirmation of my salvation!...Praise Jesus

Answer 1

thats not correct. Whoever calls on the name of JESUS will be saved.

Answer 2

If you still believe that Jesus was not a body manifestation of the very creator God, the word that formed the worlds made flesh, then you are still bound in a lack of revelation which is the central denial of the NWT rewrite; and the JW belief system. For it is not and was not the faith of the Apostles nor the plan of the only living God.

God has laid aside all other names to set forth the Lord Jesus Christ; that at his name all things in earth below and heaven above should and will bow.

For the first 300 years, until false doctrine defeated the true church; Christians were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord being his name under the title of Father; Jesus being his name under the title of Son; and Christ or Messiah being his name under the title of the Holy Ghost. Then as now, Jesus lives in his children; who are the believers and the true church in this ending hour.

Answer 3

The word Jehovah (YHWH) never appeared in the New Testament, and has not been found ever in a single ancient document. The Watchtower Society dishonestly has added it in.

One important affect is that the Watchtower attempts to use the word Jehovah to prove that only Jehovah's Witnesses will be saved, quoting Romans 10:13 to show that use of the word Jehovah is a requirement for salvation.

Watchtower 1997 December 15 p.21 “We stand now at the brink of the greatest tribulation of all, when Jehovah’s storm wind will sweep wickedness from the face of this earth, clearing the way for a paradise of eternal peace. Will you be one who “calls on the name of Jehovah” in faithfulness? If so, rejoice! You have God’s own promise that you will be saved.—Romans 10:13.”


Yet an examination of the Emphatic Diaglott, published by the Watchtower Society shows that the word used in this passage is not YHWH but Kupiov or Kurios – Lord.

Just prior to this verse Romans 10:9 states “Jesus is Lord (Kurios)” and so it follows that Romans 10:13 refers to Jesus and identifying Jesus is the requirement for salvation.

Read the whole of Romans 10 and it becomes clear that Romans 10:13 applies Joel 2:30 to Jesus, not Jehovah.

Answer 4

It has nothing to with whether you were a Jehovah Witness, a Baptist, a Catholic, etc. All are saved by the same promise.

It means any person, any nationality, any race, any color. Any enviroment, condition, background, country, government or family.

It means any person, whether immoral or moral, unjust or just, bad or good, poor or wealthy, mean or nice, lonely or befriended, unpopular or popular, deformed or attractive, diseased or healthy, needful or needless.

My Bible uses the word "Whosoever" in this verse your concerned about. Whosoever means that any person can be saved, no matter who he or she is.

Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord [Jesus Christ] shall be saved.

Answer 5

In the original Greek, the word used is not YHWH, but kurios which is the Greek word for "lord".

Contrary to what a couple of people here have written, it is not a FACT that Romans 10:13 is quoting from Joel. It is an assumption - a possibility. However, it seems more likely, in view of the surrounding context which states "Jesus is lord", that the lord in this particular verse refers to Jesus.

Achtung says its "rather obvious" that it's a quote from Joel. But it's also "rather obvious" that 1 Peter 2:3 is a reference to Psalm 34:8, and yet the NWT doesn't translate "kurios" as "Jehovah" in that verse even though YHWH is used in Psalm 34:8.

Regardless of who it's speaking of, this FACT (not an assumption) remains: The original language manuscripts all say "lord", not "Jehovah" in Romans 10:13.

Answer 6

are you doing what Jesus command in John 17:3 "This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ."

and

John 4:23-24 "Nevertheless, the hour is coming, and it is now, when the true worshipers will worship the Father with spirit and truth, for, indeed, the Father is looking for suchlike ones to worship him"

Wrong about Romans 10:12 the Lord is Jehovah The apostle was quoting from Joel 2:32 , Zephaniah 3:9 you should read the bible before do an statement.

Answer 7

Of course, as one poster pointed out, Peter is citing to Joel 2:32. Is the NWT rewritten here for a particular belief system, as you allege? Well, how does Joel 2:32 read? Nowadays it probably says, “the Lord”, yes? What did it say before the Tetragrammaton was removed? It read YHWH. And how do we read that in Hebrew as the consensus says: We read Yahweh. And how do we read in the English? We read Jehovah. And it reads Jehovah in such translations as the American Standard Version.

So the Jehovah's Witnesses did not ‘rewrite for a particular belief system” did they? They simply restored the name in the direct quote where so many Bible translators felt justified in removing it. What justification can there ever be for removing the author’s name from his own Book?

Of course, our salvation is dependent upon much more than calling on God’s name. We must take in knowledge, as Christ says at John 17:3. Here Christ mentions two people about whom we must take in knowledge: the only true God and the one that He sent forth (Jesus Christ). Professed Christians profess to accept the words of Christ. Do they do so here?

We must repent and turn around; dedicating ourselves to God and we must symbolize that dedication with baptism. We must place ourselves on the narrow road of which Christ spoke at Matthew 7:13-14. We must stay on that road; indeed, our endurance must be to the end as Christ spoke at Matthew 24:13.

Zephaniah 2:2-3 concurs: “Before the statute gives birth to anything, before the day has passed by just like chaff, before there comes upon you people the burning anger of Jehovah, before there comes upon you the day of Jehovah’s anger, seek Jehovah, all you meek ones of the earth, who have practiced His own judicial decision. Seek righteousness, seek meekness. Probably you may be concealed in the day of Jehovah’s anger.” Yes, the Tetragrammaton appears here as well. Still, even without the Tetragrammaton, all of this reads the same in the King James.

But once upon a time, you took in this knowledge, did you not? What you did with it is something else entirely.

I hope this helps you.

Hannah J Paul

Answer 8

If just believing or calling on God's name was all that was needed to be saved, the bible would be a very, very small book. Maybe just one scripture.

However, there are many, many scriptures that show the requirements for salvation. One being Matt 24: 13 "He who endures to the end will be saved." So a person's final salvation is not determined at the moment that he begins to believe in Jesus, but at the "end" either at death or at Armageddon.

Other scriptures to consider: Phil. 2: 12 "As you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling." Paul urged them not be be over confident but to realize that their final salvation was not assured.

Jude 5 "I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe."
So once saved, it not always saved.

Heb. 10: 26 & 27 "If we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for our sins, but a fearful prospect of judgement, and a fury of fire which will cosume the adversaries." So the bible does not go along with the idea that no matter what sins a person commits after he is "saved" he will not lose his salvation.

Answer 9

Peter cites the prophecy from Joel in Acts 2... then goes on to tell his listeners WHAT IS INCLUDED IN "CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD."

Acts 2:21 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

Acts 2:37 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

Peter explained what was meant by Joel's "call on the name..." when those he was speaking to asked, "What shall we do?" The obvious answer was "call on the name..." but that was a SYNECDOCHE (a term denoting a part of something is used to refer to the whole thing).

Your references probably tell you that Romans 10:13 is a quote of Joel 2:32, but did you know that there is no Joel 2:32 in the Hebrew scriptures? -- Don't worry about it though, It is one of several places where chapter and verse divisions are different. The text is all there, just numbered differently ;-)

Answer 10

it does not matter what religion you want to label yourself as, as long as you believe in god and accept Jesus as your one and only savior, then you will go to heaven, you are saved eternally, nothing can change that. your name has been placed in the lambs book of life, and you now have permanent citizenship in the kingdom of heaven. and by the way, good job leaving jw's they are a cult, in my book and most other christians books as well. they twist the scripture, which the bible says to be a big no no.

Answer 11

Not necessarily. The name Jehovah is a sixteenth century construct. It is not the name of Jesus Christ. It is belief that Christ is God that saves.