Romans 1:11

Paul longs to see the Romans to share some spiritual gift that will strengthen them. His desire is to build up the church, not merely to visit.

Cross-references · 30

• Rom 16:25Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
• 2 Pet 1:12Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.
• Rom 15:29I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.
• 2 Th 3:3But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
• 2 Pet 3:17–18Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.
• 1 Pet 5:10And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
• 1 Pet 5:12Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.
• Acts 8:15–19On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.
• 2 Th 2:17encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.
• Acts 16:5So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.
• 1 Th 3:13so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.
• Acts 19:6And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
• 2 Chr 20:20Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”
• Acts 19:21After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”
• Phil 2:26For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.
• Gal 3:2–5I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
• 1 Th 3:2We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,
• 2 Sam 13:39And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.
• Rom 15:23But now that there are no further opportunities for me in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to visit you,
• Rom 15:32so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed.
• Phil 1:8God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
• Phil 4:1Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you must stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
• 2 Cor 9:14And their prayers for you will express their affection for you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.
• Eph 4:8–12This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”
• 2 Sam 23:15David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
• Heb 13:9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
• 1 Cor 12:1–11Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.
• 2 Cor 1:21Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
• 2 Cor 11:4For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too easily.
• Gen 31:30Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”

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