Study Desk

How can people have faith in the Lord and ask him to save them, if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear, unless someone tells them?

No one can have faith without hearing the message about Christ.

That's true enough. But they were cut away because they did not have faith, and you are where you are because you do have faith. So don't be proud, but be afraid.

If those other branches will start having faith, they will be made a part of that tree again. God has the power to put them back.

I realize how kind God has been to me, and so I tell each of you not to think you are better than you really are. Use good sense and measure yourself by the amount of faith that God has given you.

God has also given each of us different gifts to use. If we can prophesy, we should do it according to the amount of faith we have.

You know what sort of times we live in, and so you should live properly. It is time to wake up. You know that the day when we will be saved is nearer now than when we first put our faith in the Lord.

Welcome all the Lord's followers, even those whose faith is weak. Don't criticize them for having beliefs that are different from yours.

Some think it is all right to eat anything, while those whose faith is weak will eat only vegetables.

We must stop judging others. We must also make up our minds not to upset anyone's faith.

We should try to live at peace and help each other have a strong faith.

If our faith is strong, we should be patient with the Lord's followers whose faith is weak. We should try to please them instead of ourselves.

I pray that God, who gives hope, will bless you with complete happiness and peace because of your faith. And may the power of the Holy Spirit fill you with hope.

Welcome her in a way that is proper for someone who has faith in the Lord and is one of God's own people. Help her in any way you can. After all, she has proved to be a respected leader for many others, including me.

Greet the church that meets in their home. Greet my dear friend Epaenetus, who was the first person in Asia to have faith in Christ.

Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend whose faith is in the Lord.

Greet Herodion, who is a relative of mine. Greet Narcissus and the others in his family, who have faith in the Lord.

but now at last it has been told. The eternal God commanded his prophets to write about the good news, so that all nations would obey and have faith.

That way you would have faith because of God's power and not because of human wisdom.

We do use wisdom when speaking to people who are mature in their faith. But it isn't the wisdom of this world or of its rulers, who will soon disappear.