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Romans 1:5

Through 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.

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ASV

through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name’s sake;

KJV

By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
δι᾽di᾽throughG1223 →
οὗhouwhomG3739 →
ἐλάβομενelabomenwe have receivedG2983 →
χάρινcharingraceG5485 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἀποστολὴνapostolēnapostleshipG651 →
εἰςeisuntoG1519 →
ὑπακοὴνhupakoēnobedienceG5218 →
πίστεωςpisteōsof faithG4102 →
ἐνenamongG1722 →
πᾶσινpasinallG3956 →
τοῖςtoistheG3588 →
ἔθνεσινethnesinGentilesG1484 →
ὑπὲρhuperon behalf ofG5228 →
τοῦtoutheG3588 →
ὀνόματοςonomatosnameG3686 →
αὐτοῦ,autouof Him,G846 →

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Acts 9:15“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.2 Corinthians 10:5We 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.Romans 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—Acts 6:7So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.Malachi 1:11For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.John 15:16You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.Romans 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,Hebrews 5:9And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey HimRomans 10:14How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?Hebrews 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.Ephesians 3:2Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,Romans 12:3For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.Galatians 1:15But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleasedRomans 1:1Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—1 Corinthians 4:7For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?Galatians 1:15–16But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleasedActs 1:25to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”

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