1 Thessalonians 2:13
Here is another reason why we constantly give thanks to God: When you received God's word, which you heard from us, you did not accept it as the word of humans but for what it really is the word of God, which is at work in you who believe.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow, as it judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart.
Romans 10:17
Consequently, faith results from listening, and listening results through the word of the Messiah.
Galatians 4:14
Even though my condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. On the contrary, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, or as if I were the Messiah Jesus.
Acts 17:11
These people were more receptive than those in Thessalonica. They were very willing to receive the message, and every day they carefully examined the Scriptures to see if those things were so.
1 Thessalonians 1:2-3
We always thank God for all of you when we mention you in our prayers.
Jeremiah 23:28-29
Let the prophet who has a dream relate the dream, but let whoever receives my message speak my message truthfully. What does straw have in common with wheat?" declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 44:16
"As for the message that you reported to us in the name of the LORD, we won't listen to you!
Matthew 10:13-14
If the household is receptive, let your blessing of peace come on it. But if it isn't receptive, let your blessing of peace return to you.
Matthew 10:20
It won't be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
Matthew 10:40
"The one who receives you receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me.
Luke 5:1
One day, as the crowd was pressing in on him to listen to God's word, Jesus was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
Luke 8:11
"Now this is what the parable means. The seed is God's word.
Luke 8:21
But he answered those people, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear a message from God and heed it."
Luke 11:28
But he said, "Instead, how blessed are those who hear God's word and obey it!"
John 15:3
You are already clean because of what I've spoken to you.
John 17:17
"Sanctify them by the truth. Your word is truth.
John 17:19
It is for their sakes that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified by the truth.
Acts 2:41
So those who welcomed his message were baptized. That day about 3,000 people were added to their number.
Acts 8:14
Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaritans had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
Acts 10:33
So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. All of us are here now in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has ordered you to say."
Acts 13:44-46
The next Sabbath almost the whole town gathered to hear the word of the Lord.
Acts 13:48
When the gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord. Meanwhile, all who had been destined to eternal life believed,
Acts 16:14
A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a dealer in purple goods, was listening to us. She was a worshiper of God, and the Lord opened her heart to listen carefully to what was being said by Paul.
Acts 16:30-34
he took them outside and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
Acts 17:18-20
Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some asked, "What is this blabbermouth trying to say?" while others said, "He seems to be preaching about foreign gods." This was because Paul was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.
Acts 17:32
When they heard about a resurrection of the dead, some began joking about it, while others said, "We will hear you again about this."
Romans 1:8-9
First of all, I thank my God through Jesus the Messiah for all of you, because the news about your faith is being reported throughout the world.
Romans 6:17-18
But thank God that, though you were once slaves of sin, you became obedient from your hearts to that form of teaching with which you were entrusted!
2 Corinthians 3:18
As all of us reflect the glory of the Lord with unveiled faces, we are becoming more like him with ever-increasing glory by the Lord's Spirit.
Colossians 1:6
that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and spreading all over the world, so it has been doing among you from the day you heard it and came to know the grace of God in truth.
1 Thessalonians 1:5-10
for the gospel we brought did not come to you in words only, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit, and with deep conviction. Indeed, you know what kind of people we proved to be while we were with you, acting on your behalf.
James 1:18
In accordance with his will he made us his children by the word of truth, so that we might become the most important of his creatures.
1 Peter 1:23
For you have been born again, not by a seed that perishes but by one that cannot perish by the living and everlasting word of God.
1 Peter 1:25
but the word of the Lord lasts forever." Now this word is the good news that was announced to you.
1 Peter 2:2
Like newborn babies, thirst for the pure milk of the word so that by it you may grow in your salvation.
2 Peter 1:16-21
When we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, we did not follow any clever myths. Rather, we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
2 Peter 3:2
to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the commandment of our Lord and Savior spoken through your apostles.
1 John 3:3
And everyone who has this hope based on him keeps himself pure, just as the Messiah is pure.
1 John 5:4-5
because everyone who is born from God has overcome the world. Our faith is the victory that overcomes the world.