17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Pet 1:12 — Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent d
• 1Thess 2:13 — For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which e
• 1Tim 4:8 — For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
• Acts 13:46 — Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting lif
• Deut 9:23 — Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, no
• Gal 3:8 — And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
• Gal 5:2 — Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
• Heb 3:18 — And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
• Heb 3:18 — And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
• Heb 4:6 — Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
• Heb 11:6 — But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
• Heb 11:6 — But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
• Jas 1:21 — Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
• Jas 1:21 — Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
• Luke 8:48 — And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
• Mark 6:5 — And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
• Matt 13:23 — But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
• Ps 106:24 — Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
• Rom 3:3 — For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
• Rom 10:16 — But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
• Rom 10:16 — But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?