Romans 10:5-9
5 For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, “The man who does those things shall live by them.” 6 But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down from above) 7 or, “ ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9 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.
5 For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, “The man who does those things shall live by them.” 6 But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down from above) 7 or, “ ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9 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.
God gave the law as a set of commands to adhere to for life and acceptance. But that law of faith, the true law hidden all along, was through Christ who came from heaven down to earth, died and was raised again. (Here it is expressed in the hyperbole of the negative, but that is the meaning). So His word tells us it is not of doing to earn salvation, but believing with our acknowledged assent of that message of belief and trust (faith). It means we admit it is all Christ alone who justifies and has risen from death as proof. We believe what God has said and done in Him for deliverance, something not obtainable by our efforts.
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