Romans 1:5
Through him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations, for the sake of his name.
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6Among these nations, you also have been called to belong to Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Malachi 1:14“May the deceiver be cursed who has a male animal in his flock and vows to give it to me, and yet sacrifices to me, the Lord, what is flawed! For I am a great king,” says Yahweh of hosts, “and my name will be honored among the nations.”
Acts 1:25to take the place in 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 chosen instrument of mine, to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel;
Romans 3:29Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not also the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles also.
Romans 15:15But I am writing more boldly to you about some things in order to remind you again, because of the grace given me by God.
Romans 16:26but now has been revealed and made known through the prophetic writings to all nations, by the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith. 1
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 →