Romans 1:5

through whom we have received grace and apostleship, in order to the obedience of faith among all nations, for the honor of his name,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

In Context

4but declared to be the Son of God with power, according to his holy spiritual nature, by his resurrection from the dead,

6among whom are you also the called of Jesus Christ,

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Cross References

Acts 1:25that he may be appointed to this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

Acts 9:15But the Lord said to him: Go; for he is a vessel chosen by me to bear my name before nations and kings, and the sons of Israel.

Romans 3:29Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

Romans 15:15Yet I have written to you more boldly in part, my brethren, as if I would put you in remembrance, on account of the grace which is given to me by God,

Romans 16:26but is now made manifest, and through the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, made known among all nations for the obedience of faith,

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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