Romans 1:8

First I thank my God, through Jesus Christ, for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout all the world.

Montgomery New Testament

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 that are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints. May God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, bless you, and give you peace.

9God is my witness, to whom I render holy service in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I am ever making mention of you in my prayers,

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Cross References

Luke 2:1In those days Augustus Caesar issued an edict for a census of the whole inhabited world.

Romans 6:17But God be thanked that you who were once the slaves of sin have obeyed from your hearts that type of teaching to which you were appointed;

1 Corinthians 1:4I am always thanking God on your behalf, for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus;

Ephesians 3:21to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus, to all generations, world without end, Amen.

Philippians 1:3Upon every remembrance of you I am ever thanking my God for you all;

Colossians 1:3Whenever I pray for you I am continually thanking God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

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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