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 apart from a preacher?

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes, both to the Jew first and to the Greek.

Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.'

But he said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded should one rise from the dead.'"

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom;

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

when we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love which is towards all the saints;

which has come to you, just as also in all the world, and is bearing fruit and growing, just as also among you, from the day which you heard and fully knew the grace of God in truth;

Because of this we also give thanks to God unceasingly, so that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you received not the word of men, but just as it truly is, the word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.

But we are obligated to give thanks to God always for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,

to which He called you through our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Exercising His will He begat us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.

but the word of the LORD endures forever." Now this is the word which was proclaimed to you.

Therefore having put away all malice, all guile, hypocrisy, envy, and all slanders,

as newborn babes, desire the genuine milk of the word, that by it you may grow,

The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream; and [he] in whom is My word [spoken] to him, let him tell My word truly. What is the chaff to the wheat? So are My words, says the Lord.

Behold, are not My words as fire? Says the Lord; and as an axe cutting the rock?

Then He said to them, "Watch what you hear. By what measure you measure, it will be measured out to you; and [more] will be added to you who hear.

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

But He answered and said to them, "My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it."

But He said, "More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

For we are not as the rest, corrupting the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.

For the word of God is living and effectual, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

And there is no creature hidden before Him, but all things are naked and open to His eyes, to whom we must give an account.

I, John, your brother and partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and endurance in Christ Jesus, came to be on the island that is called Patmos on account of the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.