20 Bible Verses About Preaching



  • Romans 10:14-15 links calling on the Lord, believing, hearing, preaching and being sent, and quotes Isaiah 52:7 on the feet of those who bring good news.
  • In Luke 4:18-19 Jesus reads Isaiah’s words about proclaiming good news at the synagogue in Nazareth and stops before “the day of vengeance of our God.”
  • Paul names the content of his preaching as “Christ crucified” (1 Corinthians 1:23) and “Jesus Christ as Lord” (2 Corinthians 4:5).
  • Nehemiah 8:8 records the Levites reading the Law and “giving the meaning so that the people understood.”
  • The New International Version notes that the earliest manuscripts do not have Mark 16:9-20, which includes the command in Mark 16:15.

The Bible presents preaching as announcing news on God’s behalf: a person is sent, speaks a message about Christ, and people believe by hearing it. Paul sets out that chain in Romans 10:14-15, Jesus sends his followers out in Matthew 28:19-20 and Mark 16:15, and Paul names the content in 1 Corinthians 1:23: “we preach Christ crucified.” Paul charges Timothy to “preach the word” (2 Timothy 4:2), Ezra’s reading of the Law to the assembly in Jerusalem is explained so…

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