Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

Bible References

Shall they

1 Kings 8:41
"Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation.
Jonah 1:5
The sailors were so afraid that each cried out to his own god and they flung the ship's cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. Jonah, meanwhile, had gone down into the hold below deck, had lain down, and was sound asleep.
Jonah 3:5
The people of Nineveh believed in God, and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.
Hebrews 11:6
Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
James 5:15
And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up -- and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

And how shall

Romans 1:5
Through him we have received grace and our apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name.
Romans 16:25
Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that had been kept secret for long ages,
Mark 16:15
He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Luke 24:46
and said to them, "Thus it stands written that the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day,
John 20:31
But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
Acts 19:2
and said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They replied, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."
Acts 26:17
I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you
2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion's mouth!
Titus 1:3
But now in his own time he has made his message evident through the preaching I was entrusted with according to the command of God our Savior.

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