Romans 10:17

And this proves that faith comes from a Message heard, and that the Message comes through its having been spoken by Christ.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16But, some will say, they have not all hearkened to the Good News. No, for Isaiah asks, "Lord, who has believed the Message they have heard from us?"

18But, I ask, have they not heard? Yes, indeed: "To the whole world the preachers' voices have sounded forth, and their words to the remotest parts of the earth."

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Cross References

Luke 8:11The meaning of the parable is as follows. The seed is God's Message.

Luke 11:28"Nay rather," He replied, "they are blessed who hear God's Message and carefully keep it."

John 1:37The two disciples heard his exclamation, and they followed Jesus.

Romans 10:14But how are they to call on One in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in One whose voice they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?

2 Corinthians 2:17We are; for, unlike most teachers, we are not fraudulent hucksters of God's Message; but with transparent motives, as commissioned by God, in God's presence and in communion with Christ, so we speak.

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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