Let me say first that I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith in him is being talked about all over the world.
Parallel translations
- WEB First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
- KJV First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
- BSB First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.
- NKJV First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
- NASB First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the world.
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Quick answer
Paul thanks God through Jesus Christ for the Romans, whose faith is reported worldwide. Genuine thanksgiving and a public, living faith mark the healthy church.
Overview
Paul begins with thanksgiving, a frequent pattern in his letters. He thanks God 'through Jesus Christ,' acknowledging Christ as the mediator of all prayer and praise. The Romans' faith being 'proclaimed throughout the whole world' shows that true faith becomes known and bears witness, encouraging the wider body of believers.
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- Rom 16:19For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil.
- 1 Cor 1:4I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;
- 1 Th 1:8–9For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out; so that we need not to say anything.
- Rom 6:17But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were delivered.
- Eph 1:15For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,
- Col 1:3We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
- Phil 1:3I thank my God whenever I remember you,
- 1 Pet 4:11If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
- Phil 1:11being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
- 1 Pet 2:5You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- Heb 13:15Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.
- Eph 5:20giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
- Matt 24:14This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
- Eph 3:21to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
- Acts 11:28One of them named Agabus stood up, and indicated by the Spirit that there should be a great famine all over the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius.
- Luke 2:1Now in those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.
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