Romans 10:15

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written,“How timely is the arrival of those who proclaim the good news.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 52:7 : 7 How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains the feet of a messenger who announces peace, a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance, who says to Zion,“Your God reigns!”
  • Nah 1:15 : 15 Proclamation of the Deliverance of Judah(2:1) Look! A herald is running on the mountains! A messenger is proclaiming deliverance:“Celebrate your sacred festivals, O Judah! Fulfill your sacred vows to praise God! For never again will the wicked Assyrians invade you, they have been completely destroyed.”
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, because the LORD has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,
  • Eph 6:15 : 15 by fitting your feet with the preparation that comes from the good news of peace,
  • 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven– things angels long to catch a glimpse of.
  • Eph 2:17 : 17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 To me– less than the least of all the saints– this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
  • Eph 4:11-12 : 11 And he himself gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,
  • Matt 28:18-20 : 18 Then Jesus came up and said to them,“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
  • Luke 2:10 : 10 But the angel said to them,“Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, for I proclaim to you good news that brings great joy to all the people:
  • Luke 2:14 : 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!”
  • Luke 8:1 : 1 Jesus’ Ministry and the Help of Women Some time afterward he went on through towns and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,
  • Luke 10:1 : 1 The Mission of the Seventy-Two After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
  • John 20:21 : 21 So Jesus said to them again,“Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you.”
  • Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said to him,“Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.
  • Acts 10:36 : 36 You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ(he is Lord of all)–
  • Acts 13:2-4 : 2 While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then, after they had fasted and prayed and placed their hands on them, they sent them off. 4 Paul and Barnabas Preach in Cyprus So Barnabas and Saul, sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
  • Acts 13:26 : 26 Brothers, descendants of Abraham’s family, and those Gentiles among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.
  • Acts 22:21 : 21 Then he said to me,‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
  • 1 Cor 12:28-29 : 28 And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, gifts of healing, helps, gifts of leadership, different kinds of tongues. 29 Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform miracles, do they?
  • 2 Cor 5:18-20 : 18 And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation. 19 In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people’s trespasses against them, and he has given us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making his plea through us. We plead with you on Christ’s behalf,“Be reconciled to God!”
  • Matt 9:38-10:6 : 38 Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest-ready fields.” 1 Sending Out the Twelve Apostles Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness. 2 Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon(called Peter), and Andrew his brother; James son of Zebedee and John his brother; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. 5 Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows:“Do not go on a road that leads to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town. 6 Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
  • Jer 23:32 : 32 I, the LORD, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who dream up lies and report them. They are misleading my people with their reckless lies. I did not send them. I did not commission them. They are not helping these people at all. I, the LORD, affirm it!”
  • Isa 57:19 : 19 I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. Complete prosperity is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby,” says the LORD,“and I will heal them.
  • Isa 40:9 : 9 Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion! Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! Shout, don’t be afraid! Say to the towns of Judah,“Here is your God!”

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    14How are they to call on one they have not believed in? And how are they to believe in one they have not heard of? And how are they to hear without someone preaching to them?

  • Rom 10:16-18
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    16But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says,“Lord, who has believed our report?”

    17Consequently faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the preached word of Christ.

    18But I ask, have they not heard? Yes, they have: Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

  • Isa 52:7
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    7How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains the feet of a messenger who announces peace, a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance, who says to Zion,“Your God reigns!”

  • Rom 15:19-21
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    19in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

    20And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person’s foundation,

    21but as it is written:“Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”

  • Eph 6:15
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    15by fitting your feet with the preparation that comes from the good news of peace,

  • Acts 14:7
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    7There they continued to proclaim the good news.

  • 1 Cor 9:16
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    16For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

  • Mark 13:10
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    10First the gospel must be preached to all nations.

  • Mark 16:15
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  • Mark 1:2
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    2As it is written in the prophet Isaiah,“Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way,

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.

  • 1 Cor 9:14
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    14In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel.

  • Acts 28:28
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    28“Therefore be advised that this salvation from God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!”

  • Heb 4:2
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    2For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in with those who heard it in faith.

  • Luke 9:2
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    2and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

  • Luke 4:18
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    18“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,

  • Isa 6:9
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  • Luke 9:5-6
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    5Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

    6Then they departed and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

  • Acts 10:36-37
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    36You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ(he is Lord of all)–

    37you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced:

  • Acts 3:20
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    20so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and so that he may send the Messiah appointed for you– that is, Jesus.

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    4Philip Preaches in Samaria Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.

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    11Whether then it was I or they, this is the way we preach and this is the way you believed.

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    7As you go, preach this message:‘The kingdom of heaven is near!’

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  • Luke 10:2-3
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    2He said to them,“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.

    3Go! I am sending you out like lambs surrounded by wolves.

  • Acts 13:47-48
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    47For this is what the Lord has commanded us:‘I have appointed you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

    48When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice and praise the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life believed.

  • Acts 28:26
    65%

    26when he said,‘Go to this people and say,“You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive.

  • Luke 4:43
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    43But Jesus said to them,“I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns too, for that is what I was sent to do.”

  • 1 Cor 12:15
    65%

    15If the foot says,“Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body,” it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

  • Rom 1:15
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    15Thus I am eager also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome.

  • Matt 11:5
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    5The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them

  • Nah 1:15
    65%

    15Proclamation of the Deliverance of Judah(2:1) Look! A herald is running on the mountains! A messenger is proclaiming deliverance:“Celebrate your sacred festivals, O Judah! Fulfill your sacred vows to praise God! For never again will the wicked Assyrians invade you, they have been completely destroyed.”

  • Matt 11:10
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    10This is the one about whom it is written:‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’

  • Rev 14:6
    64%

    6Three Angels and Three Messages Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, and he had an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth– to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

  • Ezek 3:6
    64%

    6not to many peoples of unintelligible speech and difficult language, whose words you cannot understand– surely if I had sent you to them, they would listen to you!

  • 1 Cor 14:9
    64%

    9It is the same for you. If you do not speak clearly with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air.

  • 1 Thess 1:8
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    8For from you the message of the Lord has echoed forth not just in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place reports of your faith in God have spread, so that we do not need to say anything.

  • Isa 61:1
    64%

    1The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, because the LORD has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,

  • John 12:38
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    38so that the word of the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled. He said,“Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

  • 1 Cor 14:21
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    21It is written in the law:“By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me,” says the Lord.

  • Rom 15:16
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    16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.