Romans 10:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But how will they give worship to him in whom they have no faith? and how will they have faith in him of whom they have not had news? and how will they have news without a preacher?

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  • Mark 16:15-16 : 15 And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone. 16 He who has faith and is given baptism will get salvation; but he who has not faith will be judged.
  • Luke 24:46-47 : 46 And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day; 47 And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.
  • Titus 1:3 : 3 Who, in his time, made clear his word in the good news, of which, by the order of God our Saviour, I became a preacher;
  • Eph 4:21 : 21 If in fact you gave ear to him, and were given teaching in him, even as what is true is made clear in Jesus:
  • 2 Tim 4:17 : 17 But the Lord was by my side and gave me strength; so that through me the news might be given out in full measure, and all the Gentiles might give ear: and I was taken out of the mouth of the lion.
  • Heb 11:6 : 6 And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.
  • Jas 5:15 : 15 And by the prayer of faith the man who is ill will be made well, and he will be lifted up by the Lord, and for any sin which he has done he will have forgiveness.
  • John 20:31 : 31 But these are recorded, so that you may have faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that, having this faith you may have life in his name.
  • Acts 8:31 : 31 And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.
  • Acts 26:17-18 : 17 And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you, 18 To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
  • Rom 1:5 : 5 Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name:
  • Rom 16:25-26 : 25 Now to him who is able to make you strong in agreement with the good news which I gave you and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in the light of the revelation of that secret which has been kept through times eternal, 26 But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;
  • 1 Kgs 8:41-43 : 41 And as for the man from a strange land, who is not of your people Israel; when he comes from a far country because of the glory of your name: 42 (For they will have news of your great name and your strong hand and your out-stretched arm;) when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house: 43 Give ear in heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and that they may see that this house which I have put up is truly named by your name.
  • Jonah 1:5 : 5 Then the sailors were full of fear, every man crying to his god; and the goods in the ship were dropped out into the sea to make the weight less. But Jonah had gone down into the inmost part of the ship where he was stretched out in a deep sleep.
  • Jonah 1:9-9 : 9 And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, a worshipper of the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land. 10 And the men were in great fear, and they said to him, What is this you have done? For the men had knowledge of his flight from the Lord because he had not kept it from them. 11 And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher.
  • Jonah 1:16 : 16 Then great was the men's fear of the Lord; and they made an offering to the Lord and took oaths to him.
  • Jonah 3:5-9 : 5 And the people of Nineveh had belief in God; and a time was fixed for going without food, and they put on haircloth, from the greatest to the least. 6 And the word came to the king of Nineveh, and he got up from his seat of authority, and took off his robe, and covering himself with haircloth, took his seat in the dust. 7 And he had it given out in Nineveh, By the order of the king and his great men, no man or beast, herd or flock, is to have a taste of anything; let them have no food or water: 8 And let man and beast be covered with haircloth, and let them make strong prayers to God: and let everyone be turned from his evil way and the violent acts of their hands. 9 Who may say that God will not be turned, changing his purpose and turning away from his burning wrath, so that destruction may not overtake us?

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  • Rom 10:15-18
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    15And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.

    16But they have not all given ear to the good news. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has had faith in our word?

    17So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

    18But I say, Did not the word come to their ears? Yes, certainly: Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

  • Rom 15:21
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    21But as it is said in the holy Writings, They will see, to whom the news of him had not been given, and those to whose ears it had not come will have knowledge.

  • Rom 10:13
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    13Because, Whoever will give worship to the name of the Lord will get salvation.

  • Rom 10:6-11
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    6But the righteousness which is of faith says these words, Say not in your heart, Who will go up to heaven? (that is, to make Christ come down:)

    7Or, Who will go down into the deep? (that is, to make Christ come again from the dead:)

    8But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart: that is, the word of faith of which we are the preachers:

    9Because, if you say with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and have faith in your heart that God has made him come back from the dead, you will have salvation:

    10For with the heart man has faith to get righteousness, and with the mouth he says that Jesus is Lord to get salvation.

    11Because it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has faith in him will not be shamed.

  • Heb 4:2
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    2And, truly, the good news came to us, even as it did to them; but the hearing of the word did them no good, because they were not united in faith with the true hearers.

  • Mark 13:10
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    10And the good news has first to be given to all the nations.

  • Acts 14:7
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    7And went on preaching the good news there.

  • 1 Cor 14:7-10
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    7Even things without life, having a voice, such as a music-pipe or other instrument, if they do not give out different sounds, who may be certain what is being played?

    8For if the war-horn gives out an uncertain note, who will get ready for the fight?

    9So if you, in using a strange tongue, say words which have no sense, how will anyone take in what you are saying? for you will be talking to the air.

    10There are, it may be, a number of different voices in the world, and no voice is without sense.

  • Acts 28:26
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    26Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

  • Acts 28:28
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    28Be certain, then, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will give hearing.

  • 1 Cor 1:21
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    21For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.

  • Mark 16:15-16
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    15And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.

    16He who has faith and is given baptism will get salvation; but he who has not faith will be judged.

  • 1 Cor 14:21-22
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    21In the law it is said, By men of other tongues and by strange lips will my words come to this people; and not even so will they give ear to me, says the Lord.

    22For this reason tongues are for a sign, not to those who have faith, but to those who have not: but the prophet's word is for those who have faith, and not for the rest who have not.

  • 1 Cor 9:16
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    16For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to do so, for a curse is on me if I do not.

  • Jer 6:10
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    10To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it.

  • Matt 13:13-14
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    13For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

    14And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

  • Heb 2:3
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    3What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;

  • Rom 3:3
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    3And if some have no faith, will that make the faith of God without effect?

  • Isa 6:9
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    9And he said, Go, and say to this people, You will go on hearing, but learning nothing; you will go on seeing, but without getting wiser.

  • Jas 2:14
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    14What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?

  • John 12:38
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    38So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.

  • Gal 3:5
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    5He who gives you the Spirit, and does works of power among you, is it by the works of law, or by the hearing of faith?

  • Acts 13:26
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    26My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.

  • Acts 2:21
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    21And whoever makes his prayer to the Lord will have salvation.

  • Acts 11:14
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    14Who will say words to you through which you and all your family may get salvation.

  • Acts 10:37
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    37That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16So that we may be able to go on and take the good news to countries still farther away than you are, and not take credit for another man's work in making things ready to our hand.

  • Acts 15:11
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    11But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.

  • Ps 19:3
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    3There are no words or language; their voice makes no sound.

  • Acts 3:20
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    20And that he may send the Christ who was marked out for you from the first, even Jesus:

  • 1 Cor 14:24
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    24But if all are teaching as prophets, and a man without faith or knowledge comes in, he is tested by all, he is judged by all;

  • Rom 9:30
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    30What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

  • 1 Cor 9:14
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    14Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the good news.

  • Ezek 3:6
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    6Not to a number of peoples whose talk is strange and whose language is hard and whose words are not clear to you. Truly, if I sent you to them they would give ear to you.

  • John 5:38
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    38And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent.