Romans 1:5
through whom we received grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, in behalf of His Name;
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In The King James Version
In Context
6among whom are also you, the called of Jesus Christ;
Cross References
Malachi 1:14“And a deceiver [is] cursed, who has in his drove a male, || And is vowing, and is sacrificing a marred thing to the Lord, || For I [am] a great King,” said YHWH of Hosts, || “And My Name [is] revered among nations!”
Acts 1:25to receive the share of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas, by transgression, fell, to go on to his proper place”;
Acts 9:15And the LORD said to him, “Go, because this one is a chosen vessel to Me, to carry My Name before nations and kings—also the sons of Israel;
Romans 3:29[Is He] only the God of Jews, and not also of nations?
Romans 15:15and the more boldly I wrote to you, brothers, in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me by God,
Romans 16:26and now having been revealed, also, through prophetic writings, according to a command of the perpetual God, having been made known to all the nations for 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 →