³⁸ This was to fulfill the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

¹⁶ But not all have obeyed the good news,^[a] for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed^[b] our message?”^{(A) 17} So faith^[c] comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ.^[d]

Christ the Power and Wisdom of God

¹⁸ For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.^(A)

¹² But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God,^(A)

¹⁷ And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but my Father in heaven.^(A)

Jesus Thanks His Father

²⁵ At that time Jesus said, “I thank^[a] you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;^(A)

²⁴ but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

⁷ He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him.