Luke 1:37 (ASV)

Passage

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Nearby Context

Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

Luke 1:36 And behold, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her that was called barren.

Luke 1:37 For no word from God shall be void of power.

Luke 1:38 And Mary said, Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

Luke 1:39 And Mary arose in these days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "word", "shall", "void", and "power". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "word" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 36's "And behold Elisabeth thy kinswoman she also..." into verse 38's "And Mary said Behold the handmaid of...", so "word" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "word" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.