Romans 1:5

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the Gentiles,

Text-Critical English NT

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

4and who was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

6including you who are also called to belong to Jesus Christ;

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Cross References

Acts 1:25to receive the share of this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned away to go to his own place.”

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

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

Romans 15:15But I have written to you rather boldly in part, brothers, by way of reminder, because of the grace that was given to me by God

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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