This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also works effectively in you who believe.
Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another through psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
How, then, can they call on him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about him? And how can they hear without a preacher?
I, John, your brother and partner in the affliction, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
For we also have received the good news just as they did. But the message they heard did not benefit them, since they were not united with those who heard it in faith. ,