Romans 15:17
I have therefore a glorying in Jesus Messiah, before God.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
In Context
Cross References
Romans 4:2But if Abraham was justified by works, he had ground of glorying; yet not before God.
2 Corinthians 3:4And such confidence have we in the Messiah towards God.
2 Corinthians 11:16Again I say, let no one think of me, as being a fool: or if otherwise, receive me as a fool, that I may glory a little.
2 Corinthians 12:11Behold, I have become foolish in my glorying, for ye compelled me. For ye ought to bear witness for me; because I was inferior in nothing to those legates who most excel, although I was nothing.
Hebrews 2:17Wherefore it was right, that he should be in all respects like his brethren; that he might be merciful, and a high priest faithful in the things of God, and might make expiation for the sins of the people.
Matthew Henry on Romans 15:15-17
Paul Commends the Brethren. ( a. d. 58.) 14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. 15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God, 16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified… Read the whole commentary →