Romans 1:8

In the first place, indeed, I praise my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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 the beloved of God who are in Rome, saints having been called. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

9For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how I unceasingly make mention of you always in my prayer;

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Cross References

Luke 2:1It came to pass in those days, a decree went out from Augustus Caesar, to enroll all the world.

Romans 6:17But thanks be unto God, that whereas ye were servants of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart the type of teaching into which ye were delivered:

1 Corinthians 1:4I give thanks to my God always in your behalf, for the grace of God given unto you in Christ Jesus;

Ephesians 3:21to him be glory in the church indeed in Christ Jesus unto all the generations of the age of the ages: Amen.

Philippians 1:3I thank my God for every mention of you,

Colossians 1:3We give thanks to God even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying 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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