Romans 1:5

through whom we have received grace and apostolic mission among all nations for his name, to bring them to the obedience of faith:

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

4definitively marked out as the Son of God by miracle, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection of the dead:

6among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ.

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Cross References

Acts 1:25to take a part in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, to go to his own place.

Acts 9:15But the Lord said unto him, Go: for this man is an elect vessel for me, to bear my name before nations, and kings, and the children of Israel:

Romans 3:29Is he the God of the Jews only, and is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, verily, of the Gentiles also:

Romans 15:15But I have written to you, my brethren, in part, with greater freedom, as refreshing your memory through the grace which is given to me of God;

Romans 16:26but is now made manifest, and by the prophetical scriptures, according to the commandment of the eternal God, notified to all the Gentiles to bring them to 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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