Romans 1:5

Through Christ, Paul received grace and apostleship to bring people of all nations to the 'obedience of faith.' The gospel aims at faith that issues in obedience, for the honor of Christ's name.

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• Acts 9:15“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
• Rom 16:26but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith—
• Acts 6:7So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.
• Mal 1:11For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
• 1 Cor 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
• Heb 5:9And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
• Rom 12:3For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
• Acts 1:25to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
• Gal 1:15–16But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
• 1 Pet 2:9–10But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
• Gal 2:8–9For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.
• Rom 15:15–16However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given me
• 1 Cor 9:2Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
• 2 Cor 10:4–6The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
• 2 Cor 3:5–6Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
• Rom 3:29Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
• John 1:16From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
• Eph 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
• Eph 1:12in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
• 1 Tim 1:11–12that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
• Mal 1:14“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.
• Eph 3:2–9Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
• Rom 15:18–19I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
• Acts 15:14Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.

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