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

²⁸ and the ^[a]base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,

¹⁶ So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.

^16 (A)You took some of your garments and adorned multicolored ^[a]high places for yourself, and played the harlot on them. Such things should not happen, nor be.

The Just Live by Faith

¹⁶ For ^(A)I am not ashamed of the gospel ^[a]of Christ, for ^(B)it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, ^(C)for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

¹⁹ and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, ^(A)according to the working of His mighty power

^12 (A)buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through ^(B)faith in the working of God, ^(C)who raised Him from the dead.