Romans 10:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But the righteousness which is by faith — The method of becoming righteous by believing. Speaketh a very different language, and may be considered as expressing itself thus: (to accommodate to our present subject the words which Moses spake, touching the plainness of his law:) Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven, as if it were to bring Christ down: or, Who shall descend into the grave, as if it were to bring him again from the dead — Do not imagine that these things are to be done now, in order to procure thy pardon and salvation. Deuteronomy 30:14.