Romans 1:5

Romans 1:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
• New International Version (NIV)Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith for his name’s sake.
• English Standard Version (ESV)through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name,

Context of Romans 1:5

3concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh, 4who was declared the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles in behalf of His name, 6among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ; 7to 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.

Romans 1:5 word by word

δι᾽ οὗ ἐλάβομεν χάριν καὶ ἀποστολὴν εἰς ὑπακοὴν πίστεως ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ,Read the interlinear

• throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• we have receivedλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• graceχάριςcharis · graceG5485
• apostleshipἀποστολήapostolē · apostleshipG651
• to bringεἰςeis · towardG1519
• obedienceὑπακοήhupakoē · obedienceG5218
• of faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• amongἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• the Gentilesἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
• inὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• of His nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686

Cross-references for Romans 1:5

• Romans 12:3For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.
• Romans 15:15But I have written very boldly to you on some points so as to remind you again, because of the grace that was given to me from God,
• John 1:16For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.
• 1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
• 2 Corinthians 3:5Not that we are adequate in ourselves so as to consider anything as having come from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,
• Galatians 1:15But when He who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace was pleased
• Ephesians 3:2if indeed you have heard of the administration of God’s grace which was given to me for you;
• 1 Timothy 1:11according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
• Acts 1:25to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”
• 1 Corinthians 9:2If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
• Galatians 2:8(for He who was at work for Peter in his apostleship to the circumcised was at work for me also to the Gentiles),
• Romans 15:18For I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,
• Romans 16:26but now has been disclosed, and through the Scriptures of the prophets, in accordance with the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience of faith;
• Acts 6:7The word of God kept spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.
• 2 Corinthians 10:4for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.
• Hebrews 5:9And having been perfected, He became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey Him,

Commentaries on Romans 1:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Grace and apostleship - The peculiar influence and the essential qualifications which such an office requires. Without the Grace, favor, and peculiar help of God, he could not have been an apostle: he had an extraordinary conversion, and an extraordinary call to preach the Gospel. Probably , grace and apostleship, mean the same as , the apostolical office; for so the word means in Romans 12:3; Romans 15:15; 1 Corinthians 3:10; Ephesians 3:8. See the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5By whom - The apostle here returns to the subject of the salutation of the Romans, and states to them his authority to address them. That authority he had derived from the Lord Jesus, and not from man. On this fact, that he had received his apostolic commission, not from man, but by the direct authority of Jesus Christ, Paul not infrequently insisted. Galatians 1:12, “for I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by revelation of Jesus…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5received … apostleship: The apostle Paul might be referring to both himself and the other apostles, or he might be using "we" to only refer to himself. we received grace and apostleship: Paul always makes it evident that his unique authority is a gift from God (see also 15:15–16). to the obedience that comes from faith: This summarizes Paul’s goal in preaching to Gentiles (non-Jews). It frames the book of Romans, as he repeats the idea in different words…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. By whom--as the ordained channel. we have received grace--the whole "grace that bringeth salvation" (Tit 2:11). and apostleship--for the publication of that "grace," and the organization of as many as receive it into churches of visible discipleship. (We prefer thus taking them as two distinct things, and not, with some good interpreters, as one--"the grace of apostleship"). for obedience to the faith--rather, "for the obedience of faith"--that is, in…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 1:5

• Catholicity
• Church
• Gentiles
• Salvation

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Commentaries on Romans 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings