Romans 1:8

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because the report of your faith is spreading throughout the 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 in Rome who are dear to God and have been called to become Christ’s people, may God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

9God, to whom I offer the worship of my soul as I tell the goodness of his Son, is my witness how constantly I mention you when I pray,

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Cross References

Luke 2:1About that time an edict was issued by the Emperor Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole Empire.

Romans 6:17God be thanked that, though you were once servants of sin, yet you learned to give hearty obedience to that form of doctrine under which you were placed.

1 Corinthians 1:4I always thank God for you. I thank him for the blessing bestowed on you in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 3:21to him be all glory through the church and through Christ Jesus, for all generations, age after age. Amen.

Philippians 1:3Every recollection that I have of you is a cause of thanksgiving to God,

Colossians 1:3Whenever we pray we never fail to thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 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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