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Romans 10:16 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? {our report: Gr. the hearing of us?} {report: or, preaching?}”

Romans 10:16

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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?

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And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

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But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? {our report: Gr. the hearing of us?} {report: or, preaching?}

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

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But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

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