¹⁷ So ^(A)faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

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

Christ the Wisdom and Power of God

¹⁸ For the word of the cross is ^(A)folly to ^(B)those who are perishing, but to us ^(C)who are being saved it is ^(D)the power of God.

⁷ For who sees anything different in you? ^(A)What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?

⁴ since we heard of ^(A)your faith in Christ Jesus and of ^(B)the love that you have for all the saints, ⁵ because of ^(C)the hope ^(D)laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in ^(E)the word of the truth, the gospel, ⁶ which has come to you, as indeed ^(F)in the whole world it is ^(G)bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you ^(H)heard it and understood ^(I)the grace of God in truth,