Romans 15:17
I have, therefore, cause to glory in Christ Jesus in things that pertain to God.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
In Context
Cross References
Romans 4:2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has cause for boasting, but not before God.
2 Corinthians 3:4Now, confidence such as this we have, through the Christ, toward God;
2 Corinthians 11:16I say again, let no one think that I am without understanding; but if so, even as one without understanding bear with me, that I also may boast a little.
2 Corinthians 12:11I have become of no understanding; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you: I am in no respect inferior to the very greatest of the apostles, although I am nothing.
Hebrews 2:17Wherefore, it behooved him to be made like his brethren in all things, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, in order to make expiation for the sins of the people.
Matthew Henry on Romans 15:15-17
Paul Commends the Brethren. ( a. d. 58.) 14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. 15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God, 16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified… Read the whole commentary →