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Romans 10:17

Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
Romans 10:17
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Study notes

Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message comes through the word of Christ.

Explanation

Paul has asked how people can believe in someone they have not heard about, and how they can hear without someone preaching (10:14-15). Faith grows from hearing the message about Christ.

Original language
  • πίστις (pistis): faith
    Greek · Noun, nominative, singular, feminine · Strong's G4102G · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Faith.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Romans 10:17, word 3

  • ἀκοῆς (akoēs): hearing
    Greek · Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · Strong's G0189 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Hearing: also "the message heard".

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Romans 10:17, word 5

  • ῥήματος (rhēmatos): declaration
    Greek · Noun, genitive, singular, neuter · Strong's G4487 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Word, message (rhēma).

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Romans 10:17, word 10

  • Χριστοῦ (Christou): Christ
    Greek · Noun, genitive, singular, masculine · Strong's G5547 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Of Christ.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Romans 10:17, word 11

Cross-references
  • Romans 10:14 · Surrounding passage

    How can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard?

  • Galatians 3:2 · Same theme

    Did you receive the Spirit by hearing with faith?

  • John 20:31 · Same theme

    These are written that you may believe.

Sources

Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

ἄρα ἡ πίστις ἐξ ἀκοῆς ἡ δὲ ἀκοὴ διὰ ῥήματος Χριστοῦ.

  1. ἄραara“So”
    Conjunction · “therefore” · Strong's G0686
  2. ἡhē“<the>”
    Article, nominative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  3. πίστιςpistis“faith [is]”
    Noun, nominative, singular, feminine · “faith” · Strong's G4102G
  4. ἐξex“from”
    Preposition · from ἐκ · “out from” · Strong's G1537
  5. ἀκοῆςakoēs“hearing”
    Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · from ἀκοή · “hearing” · Strong's G0189
  6. ἡhē“<the>”
    Article, nominative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  7. δὲde“and”
    Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
  8. ἀκοὴakoē“hearing”
    Noun, nominative, singular, feminine · from ἀκοή · “hearing” · Strong's G0189
  9. διὰdia“through”
    Preposition · from διά · “through/because of” · Strong's G1223
  10. ῥήματοςrhēmatos“declaration”
    Noun, genitive, singular, neuter · from ῥῆμα · “declaration” · Strong's G4487
  11. Χριστοῦ.Christou“of Christ.”
    Noun, genitive, singular, masculine · from Χριστός · “Christ” · Strong's G5547
  • Prepared by the God & Savior team. Not yet reviewed by an editor.
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)

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