Romans 6:17

Paul thanks God that the Romans, once slaves of sin, now obey the gospel teaching from the heart. Conversion produces a wholehearted change of allegiance.

Cross-references · 36

• 1 Pet 2:9But 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.
• 2 Tim 1:13Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
• 2 Cor 2:14But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
• Rom 1:8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.
• 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—
• 3 Jn 1:3For I was overjoyed when the brothers came and testified about your devotion to the truth, in which you continue to walk.
• Eph 2:5–10made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
• Acts 11:18When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
• Rom 15:18I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
• Phlm 1:4I always thank my God, remembering you in my prayers,
• Heb 5:9And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
• 1 Pet 4:17For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
• 2 Jn 1:4I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.
• Phil 1:3–5I thank my God every time I remember you.
• 1 Tim 1:13–16I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
• 1 Pet 4:2–5Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
• Titus 3:3–7For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
• 2 Th 1:3We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
• Col 1:3–4We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
• 1 Th 1:2–3We always thank God for all of you, remembering you in our prayers
• 2 Tim 1:3–5I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.
• Rom 1:5Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
• 1 Pet 3:1Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
• Eph 1:16I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
• 1 Pet 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
• Heb 11:8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
• Ps 18:44When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
• 2 Cor 10:5–6We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
• 1 Th 3:9How can we adequately thank God for you in return for our great joy over you in His presence?
• 1 Chr 29:12–16Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.
• 1 Cor 1:4I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus.
• 1 Cor 6:9–11Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
• Matt 11:25–26At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
• Ezra 7:27Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,
• Acts 28:15The brothers there had heard about us and traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he was encouraged and gave thanks to God.
• Rom 2:8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

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