Romans 1:8

First, I give thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.

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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 who are in Rome, beloved by God and called to be saints: Grace 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 I continually remember you,

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Cross References

Luke 2:1In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered in a census.

Romans 6:17But thanks be to God that, though you were slaves of sin, you have become obedient from the heart to the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted,

1 Corinthians 1:4I always give thanks to my God for you because of the grace of God that has been given to you in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 3:21to him be glory in the church in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Philippians 1:3I give thanks to my God every time I remember you,

Colossians 1:3We always give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ when we pray 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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