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.

Cross-references · 24

• Acts 9:15But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.
• Rom 16:26—
• Acts 6:7The word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
• Mal 1:11For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.
• 1 Cor 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
• Heb 5:9Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,
• Rom 12:3For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.
• Acts 1:25to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”
• Gal 1:15–16But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace,
• 1 Pet 2:9–10But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
• Gal 2:8–9(for he who appointed Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision appointed me also to the Gentiles);
• Rom 15:15–16But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,
• 1 Cor 9:2If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
• 2 Cor 10:4–6for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
• 2 Cor 3:5–6not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
• Rom 3:29Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
• John 1:16From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.
• Eph 1:6to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,
• Eph 1:12to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
• 1 Tim 1:11–12according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
• Mal 1:14“But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a defective thing; for I am a great King,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”
• Eph 3:2–9if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;
• Rom 15:18–19For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
• Acts 15:14Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations, to take out of them a people for his name.

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