Romans 10:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.”
What this verse means
‘Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ’—faith is born as people hear the gospel.
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“Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“so then the faith <FI>is<Fi> by a report, and the report through a saying of God,”
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Other passages that echo Romans 10:17 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 23:28Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
- Mark 4:24He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.
- Luke 8:11Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
- Luke 8:21But He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out.”
- Luke 11:28But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- Luke 16:29But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
- John 1:37And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.
- Romans 1:16I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
- Romans 10:14How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?
- 1 Corinthians 1:18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
- 2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
- Galatians 3:2I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
- Galatians 3:5Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?
- Colossians 1:4because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints—
- Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.
- Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- James 1:18He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
- 1 Peter 1:23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
- Revelation 1:9I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.
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