⁸ But what does it say? “^(A)The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,

¹⁷ So faith comes from ^(A)hearing, and hearing by ^(B)the word ^[a]of Christ.

²⁸ But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are ^(A)those who hear the word of God and follow it.”

⁹ And having been ^(A)perfected, He became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey Him,

⁵ but whoever ^(A)follows His word, in him the ^(B)love of God has truly been perfected. ^(C)By this we know that we are in Him: