Romans 10:17

17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.

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Romans 10:17 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
English Standard Version (ESV)
17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
New Living Translation (NLT)
17 So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ.
The Message Bible (MSG)
17 The point is, Before you trust, you have to listen. But unless Christ's Word is preached, there's nothing to listen to.
American Standard Version (ASV)
17 So belief [cometh] of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
17 So faith comes from hearing the message, and the message that is heard is what Christ spoke.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
17 So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
17 So faith comes from hearing the message. And the message that is heard is the word of Christ.

Romans 10:17 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 10:17

So then faith comes by hearing
That is, by preaching; for the word hearing is used in the same sense as in the preceding verse; and designs the report of the Gospel, or the preaching of the word, which is the means God makes use of, to convey faith into the hearts of his people; for preachers are ministers, or instruments, by whom others believe:

and hearing by the word of God;
or "of Christ", as some copies read, and so do the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions; and intends either the holy Scriptures, which have God for their author, and Christ for the subject of them; and which furnish the men of God, or ministers of the Gospel, with proper materials to preach; and so hearing or preaching is by them, or else the command of God or Christ, which (rhma) more properly signifies; and the sense is, that men preach the Gospel in obedience to the commandment of the everlasting God, and according to the orders, mission, and commission, warrant and authority, of the Lord Jesus Christ: and so these words are the conclusion, and sum of the whole; that as invocation is owing to faith, so faith to hearing, hearing to preaching, preaching to a mission; whence it follows, that it is the original will of God, to send forth his apostles and ministers, to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles, as well as to the Jews; that they hearing might believe, and believing call upon the Lord, and so be saved by him: it is a saying of the Jews, (aylt rwbdb heymv) , "hearing depends upon the word" F5.


FOOTNOTES:

F5 Zohar in Deut. fol. 110. 3.

Romans 10:17 In-Context

15 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
16 But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.
18 But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
19 Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says, “I will make you envious by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.”

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