Romans 10:17

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Summary

Romans 10:17

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Faith

And hearing

Bible References

Faith

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

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.'

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have for all the saints,

And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you who believe.

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

Therefore, put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

And hearing

Then he said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you; and more will be given you.

"Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

For we are not, like so many, peddling the word of God; but as men of sincerity, as from God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

I, John, your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.