For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
Parallel translations
- WEB For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.
- KJV For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
- BSB For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
- NASB For from Him, and through Him, and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.
- NLT For everything comes from him and exists by his power and is intended for his glory. All glory to him forever! Amen.
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Quick answer
All things are from, through, and to God; to him be glory forever.
Overview
Paul closes the doctrinal section of Romans with a magnificent ascription of glory: God is the source, means, and goal of all things. This God-centered vision frames everything Paul has taught about salvation. It calls every reader to live for the glory of the God who has shown such mercy in Christ.
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Cross-references · 39
- Col 1:15–17who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
- 1 Cor 8:6yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
- Heb 2:10For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
- 1 Tim 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Rom 16:27—
- Acts 17:28‘For in him we live, and move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’
- 1 Chr 29:11–12Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.
- Acts 17:25–26neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.
- Jude 1:25to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.
- Rev 21:6He said to me, “I have become the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.
- Ps 115:1Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.
- 2 Pet 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
- Rev 5:12–14saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!”
- Eph 4:6–10one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.
- 2 Tim 4:18And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Rev 4:10–11the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,
- Prov 16:4Yahweh has made everything for its own end — yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
- Ps 33:6By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.
- Phil 4:20Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever! Amen.
- 1 Pet 5:11To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
- 1 Cor 11:12For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.
- Dan 2:20–23Daniel answered, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his.
- Gal 1:5to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Eph 3:21to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
- Ps 29:1–2A Psalm by David. Ascribe to Yahweh, you sons of the mighty, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.
- Rev 19:1After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God:
- Ps 96:7–8Ascribe to Yahweh, you families of nations, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.
- Rev 1:5–6and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;
- Heb 13:21make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Rev 19:6–7I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!
- Rev 7:10They cried with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
- Luke 19:38saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!”
- Dan 4:34At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.
- Isa 42:12Let them give glory to Yahweh, and declare his praise in the islands.
- 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.
- Matt 6:13Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
- Dan 4:3How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
- Luke 2:14“Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”
- 1 Tim 6:16who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.
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