17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
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24 Then He said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear.
By your own standard of measurement [that is, to the extent that you study spiritual truth and apply godly wisdom]
it will be measured to you [and you will be given even greater ability to respond]—
and more will be given to you besides.
25 For [a]whoever has [a teachable heart], to him more [understanding] will be given;
and whoever does not have [a yearning for truth],
even what he has will be taken away from him.”
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5 Examine and test and evaluat
and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves
Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience]
that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected?
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3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
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2 Those who think they know something do not yet know anything as they should.
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26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?”
27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”