Although the Bible states that confession is made unto salvation, that does not mean that confession is the only thing necessary to be saved. Consider also that in the context of Romans 10:1-10, Paul was writing about Jews who were zealous for God, but would not confess Jesus as Lord. If they were to put Jesus as Lord over their lives, because of their zeal for God they would have also obeyed His commands of repenting and being baptized for the remission of sins.
| Matthew 10:32,33 |
[Jesus said] Therefore whoever
confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My
Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven. |
| Romans 10:1-3, 9-10 |
Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to
God for Israel is that they may be
saved. For I bear them witness that they have a
zeal for God, but not according to
knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's
righteousness, and seeking to establish their own
righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of
God....That if you confess with your mouth the Lord
Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from
the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart
one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth
confession is made unto
salvation. |
| Romans 14:11,12 |
For
it is written: "As I live, says the LORD, Every knee shall bow
to Me, And every tongue shall confess to
God." So then each of us shall give account of himself to God. |
| James 5:16 |
Confess your trespasses to one
another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed.
The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. |
| 1 John 1:9,10 |
If we confess our sins, He is
faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. |
| 2 John 1:7 |
For
many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not
confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a
deceiver and an antichrist. |
| Mark 1:5 |
Then all the land of Judea, and those
from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him
in the Jordan River, confessing their
sins. |
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