Romans 15:7
Therefore receive one another, just as Christ has received you, to the glory of God.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.
In Context
6so that with one accord and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Matthew 11:28Come to me, all of you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
Luke 9:48Then he said to them, “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who will be great.”
John 6:37Everyone the Father gives me will come to me, and I will never cast out anyone who comes to me.
Romans 5:2through whom we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we boast in the hope of the glory of God.
Romans 15:9so that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore I will confess yoʋ among the Gentiles; I will sing praise to yoʋr name.”
Ephesians 1:12so that we who were the first to hope in Christ, might live for the praise of his glory.
Matthew Henry on Romans 15:6-7
Christian Unity. ( a. d. 58.) 5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like-minded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: 6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. The apostle, having delivered two exhortations, before he proceeds to more, intermixes here a prayer for the success of what he had said. Faithful ministers water their preaching with their prayers, because, whoever sows the seed, it is God that gives the increase. We can but… Read the whole commentary →