Romans 10:17
So faith is from hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
In Context
16But not all were obedient to the good-news, for Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our report?
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:28The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream. And he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? says LORD.
Luke 8:11Now the parable is this. The seed is the word of God.
Luke 11:28But he said, Blessed rather, are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.
John 1:37And the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus.
Romans 10:14How then will they call on whom they have not believed? And how will they believe of whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without preaching?
2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not as other men, huckstering the word of God, but as from purity. But we speak in Christ as from God in the sight of God.
Matthew Henry on Romans 10:13-21
Importance of Preaching the Gospel; Perverseness of Israel. ( a. d. 58.) 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14 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? 15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How… Read the whole commentary →