Romans 10:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ So faith comes by hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the preaching [of the message that came from the lips] of Christ (the Messiah Himself).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ So, faith comes from listening, but it’s listening by means of Christ’s message.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Therefore, faith is from hearing, and hearing is through the Word of Christ.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Faith then cometh by hearing; and hearing by the word of Christ.

Romans 10:17 Cross References

Job 42:5

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you;

Mark 4:24

And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear; the measure you give will be the measure you get, and it will be added to you.

Luke 11:28

But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

Luke 8:11

“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Luke 8:21

But he said to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

John 1:37

The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.

Romans 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is God’s saving power for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

Romans 10:14

But how are they to call on one in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in one of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him?

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not peddlers of God’s word like so many, but as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God, we are speaking in Christ before God.

Galatians 3:2

The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard?

Galatians 3:5

Well then, does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law or by your believing what you heard?

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

We also constantly give thanks to God for this, that when you received the word of God that you heard from us you accepted it not as a human word but as what it really is, God’s word, which is also at work in you believers.

Hebrews 4:2

For indeed the good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them because they were not united by faith with those who listened.

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.

Revelation 1:9

I, John, your brother who share with you the persecution and the kingdom and the endurance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.