Romans 1:8

Truly, I first express thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed in the whole world.

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In The King James Version

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

In Context

7To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, to the called, to the sanctified: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

9For God is my witness whom I serve in my spirit in the good-news of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

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Cross References

Luke 2:1Now it came to pass in those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to enroll all the world.

Romans 6:17But thanks to God, that ye were bondmen of sin, but ye obeyed from the heart a model of doctrine for which ye were delivered.

1 Corinthians 1:4I thank my God always about you, for the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus,

Ephesians 3:21to him is the glory in the church in Christ Jesus for all generations of the age of the ages. Truly.

Philippians 1:3I thank my God upon every memory of you,

Colossians 1:3We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying about you,

Matthew Henry on Romans 1:2-8

Romans Completed by John Evans . If we may compare scripture with scripture, and take the opinion of some devout and pious persons, in the Old Testament David's Psalms, and in the New Testament Paul's Epistles, are stars of the first magnitude, that differ from the other stars in glory. The whole scripture is indeed an epistle from heaven to earth: but in it we have upon record several particular epistles, more of Paul's than of any other, for he was the chief of the apostles, and laboured more abundantly than… Read the whole commentary →

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