to upon the name of the Lord is the same as to call upon the name of Yahweh
1 Corinthians 1:2
Call upon the name of Jesus Christ] To call upon the name of any person, in Scripture language, is to call on the person himself; compare
John 3:18; the note at
Acts 4:12. The expression "to call upon the name"
epikaloumenois, to invoke the name, implies worship, and prayer; and proves:
(1) That the Lord Jesus is an object of worship; and
(2) That one characteristic of the early Christians, by which they were known and distinguished, was their calling upon the name of the Lord Jesus, or their offering worship to him. That it implies worship, see the note at
Acts 7:59; and that the early Christians called on Christ by prayer, and were distinguished by that, see the note at
Acts 7:59, and compare the note at
Acts 1:24, also
Acts 2:21; 9:13; 22:16; 2 Tim 2:22.barnes
Acts 7:59-60
While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
60 Then he fell on his knees and cried out, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When he had said this, he fell asleep.
Acts 9:11-14
The Lord told him, "Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
12 In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight."
13 "Lord," Ananias answered, "I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem.
14 And he has come here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name."
1 Corinthians 1:2
This phrase occurs in the Septuagint (
Gen 12:8;
Zech 13:9) and is applied to Christ as to Jehovah (
2 Thess 1:7,9,12;
Phil 2:9-10). Paul heard Stephen pray to Christ as Lord (
Acts 7:59). Here "with a plain and direct reference to the Divinity of our Lord" (Ellicott). robertson
1 Corinthians 1:2
Call upon the name
epikaloumenois
to
onoma. Compare
Rom 10:12;
Acts 2:21. The formula is from the Septuagint. See
Zech 13:9;
Gen 12:8; 13:4;
Ps 115:17. It is used of worship, and here implies prayer to Christ. The first Christian prayer recorded as heard by Saul of Tarsus, was Stephen's prayer to Christ,
Acts 7:59. The name of Christ occurs nine times in the first nine verses of this epistle. vincent
To Confess
NT:3670 o(mologe/w
homologeo (hom-ol-og-eh'-o);
Strong's Concordance
homologeó: to speak the same, to agree
Original Word: ὁμολογέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: homologeó
Phonetic Spelling: (hom-ol-og-eh'-o)
Definition: to speak the same,
to agree
Usage: (a) I promise,
agree, (b) I confess, (c) I publicly declare, (d) a Hebraism, I praise, celebrate.
3670 homologéō (from
3674 /homoú, "together" and
3004 /légō, "
speak to a conclusion") – properly,
to voice the same conclusion, i.e.
agree ("
confess"); to profess (confess) because
in full agreement; to align with (endorse)
Joel 2:32
32 "
And it will come about that whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Will be delivered;
For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
There will be those who escape,
As the Lord has said,
Even among the survivors whom the Lord calls.
Here we see Paul quote this OT passage about YHWH and apply it to Jesus who is the one and only Lord according to the N.T.
Rom 10:9-13
9 that if you confess with your mouth
Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead,
you will be saved;
10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
11 For the Scripture says, "
WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED."
12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for
the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him;
13 for "
WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED."
So a person must confess Jesus is YHWH(Lord) to be saved. Confess means to agree with so the person confessing Jesus is Lord is in agreement that He is YHWH. Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord ( YHWH) will be saved.
hope this helps !!!