Romans 10:15 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 10:15

And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

BSB

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ASV

and how shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things!

KJV

And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And how shall they preach, except they be sent,.... There is no proper, rightful, regular, and lawful preaching of the word without a mission, which is either extraordinary, or ordinary; extraordinary mission was such as the apostles themselves had; who, as they were called to extraordinary service, had extraordinary qualifications, and were sent forth in an extraordinary manner, with a power of doing miracles, and immediately by Christ himself.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(1.) They cannot call on him in whom they have not believed. Except they believe that he is God, they will not call upon him by prayer; to what purpose should they? The grace of faith is absolutely necessary to the duty of prayer; we cannot pray aright, nor pray to acceptation, without it.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The like passage we have, Nah. i. 15 , which, if it point at the glad tidings of the deliverance of Israel out of Babylon in the type, yet looks further to the gospel, the good news of our salvation by Jesus Christ. Observe, (1.) What the gospel is: It is the gospel of peace; it is the word of reconciliation between God and man.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And how shall they preach - In what way shall there be preachers, unless they are commissioned by God? The word “how” does not refer to the manner of preaching, but to the fact that there would be no preachers at all unless they were sent forth. To preach means to proclaim in a public manner, as a crier does. In the Scriptures it means to proclaim the gospel to people. Except they be sent - That is, except they are divinely commissioned, and sent forth by God.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
πῶς	pōs	How	G4459 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
κηρύξωσιν	kēruxōsin	shall they preach	G2784 →
ἐὰν	ean	only	G1437 →
μὴ	mē	unless	G3361 →
ἀποσταλῶσιν;	apostalōsin	they shall be sent?	G649 →
καθὼς	kathōs	Even as	G2531 →
γέγραπται·	gegraptai	it has been written:	G1125 →
ὡς	hōs	How	G5613 →
ὡραῖοι	hōraioi	beautiful	G5611 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
πόδες	podes	feet	G4228 →
τῶν	tōn	of those	G3588 →
εὐαγγελιζομένων	euangelizomenōn	evangelising [about]	G2097 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἀγαθά.	agatha	good [things]!	G18 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ephesians 6:15
and with your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace.
leads to
- Isaiah 52:7
  How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
leads to
- Romans 10:12–15
  For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
- Nahum 1:15
  Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be…
- Mark 16:15
  And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
- Isaiah 61:1–3
  The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty…
- Psalms 93:1
  The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
Through
Ephesians 2:17
He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
leads to
- Isaiah 57:19–21
  bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
- Acts 10:36
  He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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Where the connections lead

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Romans