Romans 1:8

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

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

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 that are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints: Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

9For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that, without ceasing, I make mention of you,

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Cross References

Luke 2:1And it came to pass in those days, that there went forth a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the inhabitants of the land should be enrolled.

Romans 6:17But thanks be to God, that though you were the servants of sin, yet you have obeyed from the heart the form of teaching, in which you have been instructed;

1 Corinthians 1:4I thank my God always on your account, for the grace of God which is given to you in Christ Jesus;

Ephesians 3:21to him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus, throughout all the generations of the age of ages. Amen.

Philippians 1:3I thank my God on every remembrance of you―

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