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To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 1:7 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • KJV To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • NKJV To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • NASB to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • NLT I am writing to all of you in Rome who are loved by God and are called to be his own holy people. May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.

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Quick answer

Paul greets all the believers in Rome as those loved by God and called to be saints, wishing them grace and peace. The greeting names the source of every blessing: God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Overview

Paul addresses the whole Roman church as 'beloved of God' and 'called to be saints' (set apart as holy). His greeting of 'grace and peace' is more than a formality; grace is God's unmerited favor and peace its result. By joining the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ as the source, Paul implicitly affirms Christ's deity alongside the Father.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 40

  • Col 1:2To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
  • Jude 1:1–2Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:
  • Eph 1:2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Th 1:1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.
  • 2 Cor 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
  • 2 Jn 1:3Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, will be with us in truth and love.
  • 2 Th 3:16Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.
  • 2 Th 2:16–17Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
  • Phlm 1:3Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Th 3:18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you.
  • 2 Pet 1:2–3Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
  • 1 Cor 1:2–9To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
  • Phlm 1:25The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
  • Rev 22:21The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.
  • Col 3:12Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
  • Rom 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • Eph 6:23Peace to the brothers and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Rom 9:25As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
  • Phil 4:23The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
  • 2 Cor 1:1–2Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:
  • 1 Tim 1:2To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • 1 Th 1:3and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Tim 4:22The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.
  • Acts 15:23and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.
  • 2 Cor 12:8–10Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
  • Gal 1:3–4Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
  • 1 Cor 16:23The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.
  • Titus 1:4To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
  • 1 Th 4:7For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
  • Gal 6:18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
  • 2 Tim 1:2To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • Phil 4:20To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • 1 Pet 1:1–2Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen
  • 1 Pet 1:15But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
  • 1 Jn 3:1Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
  • 1 Th 5:28The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
  • 1 Th 3:11–13Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
  • Col 3:15Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.
  • Phil 4:13I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
  • Rom 1:6And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

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Christ at the center

Paul unfolds the gospel in full: Christ our righteousness received by faith, the second Adam in whom many are made righteous, in whose death and resurrection we are buried and raised.

How Romans 1:7 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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