Romans 10:17

Therefore, faith is from the hearing of the ear; and the hearing of the ear, is from the word of God.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16But all of them have not obeyed the proclamation of the gospel. (For, Isaiah said: My Lord, who hath believed our proclamation?)

18But I say: Have they not heard? And, lo, their proclamation hath gone out into all the earth; and their words to the ends of the world.

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Cross References

Luke 8:11But this is the similitude: The seed is the word of God.

Luke 11:28He said to her: Blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it.

John 1:37And his two disciples heard him when he said it, and they went after Jesus.

Romans 10:14How then shall they call on him, in whom they have not believed? Or, how shall they believe in him, of whom they have not heard? Or, how shall they hear, without a preacher?

2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not like others, who dilute the words of God; but as of the truth, and as of God, we speak in the Messiah before 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 →

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