² Tell me this one thing: How did you receive the Holy Spirit? Did you receive the Spirit by ·following [^Lthe works of] the law? ·No, you received the Spirit [^L…or] ·because you heard the Good News and believed it [by believing what you heard].

⁷ It was by faith that Noah heard God’s warnings about things he could not yet see [Gen. 6:13–22]. He ·obeyed God [responded with reverent fear] and built a ·large boat [^Tark] to save his ·family [household]. By his faith, Noah ·showed that the world was wrong [^Lcondemned/pronounced judgment against the world], and he became ·one of those who are made right with God [^Lan heir of the righteousness that comes] through faith.