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

Revelation 1:9

Bible References

Faith

But how can they call on Him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about Him? And how can they hear without a preacher?

For I am not ashamed of the gospel,

because it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.

“But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.’

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

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

This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the message about God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the message of God, which also works effectively in you believers.

But we must always thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

By His own choice, He gave us a new birth by the message of truth so that we would be the firstfruits of His creatures.

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

So rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.

And hearing

The prophet who has only a dream should recount the dream, but the one who has My word should speak My word truthfully, for what is straw compared to grain?”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

Then He said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear. By the measure you use,

it will be measured and added to you.

“This is the meaning of the parable:

The seed is the word of God.

He said, “Even more, those who hear the word of God and keep it are blessed!”

For we are not like the many who market God’s message for profit. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.

For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart.

I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of God’s word and the testimony about Jesus.