What does Romans 10:17 mean?

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Romans 10:17, King James Version

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Romans 10:15-19

  1. 15 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!
  2. 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
  3. 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
  4. 18 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.
  5. 19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.

Study note

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown (1871) (public domain).

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God--"This is another confirmation of the truth that faith supposes the hearing of the Word, and this a commission to preach it."

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About the book of Romans

Author
Paul (Romans 1:1)
When
c. AD 57, from Corinth
Period
Igreja primitiva, c. 30 a 70 d.C. (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

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