Romans 1:5

through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the Gentiles, in behalf of his name:

1902 William Baxter Godbey 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

4having been ordained the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, from the resurrection of the dead, of Jesus Christ our Lord:

6among whom ye are also called of Jesus Christ:

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Cross References

Acts 1:25to receive the place of this ministry and apostleship from which Judas departed to go into his own place.

Acts 9:15And the Lord said to him, Go: because he is a vessel of election to me, to bear my name both before the Gentiles, and kings, and sons of Israel:

Romans 3:29Whether is he the God of the Jews only? is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yea, also of the Gentiles:

Romans 15:15But I have written unto you more boldly in part, as reminding you, on account of the grace which has been given unto me from God,

Romans 16:26but having now indeed been made manifest, through the prophetical scriptures, and having been made known to all the Gentiles, according to the commandment of the eternal God, unto the obedience of faith;

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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