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:
• 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,
• New Living Translation (NLT)Through Christ, God has given us the privilege and authority as apostles to tell Gentiles everywhere what God has done for them, so that they will believe and obey him, bringing glory to his name.

Context of Romans 1:5

3regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David, 4and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith for his name’s sake. 6And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. 7To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• we have receivedλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• graceχάριςcharis · graceG5485
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• apostleshipἀποστολήapostolē · apostleshipG651
• forεἰςeis · towardG1519
• obedienceὑπακοήhupakoē · obedienceG5218
• to the faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• amongἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• nationsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• nationsἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
• forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686

Cross-references for Romans 1:5

• 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 rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.
• Romans 15:15Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me
• John 1:16Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.
• 1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
• 2 Corinthians 3:5Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.
• Galatians 1:15But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased
• Ephesians 3:2Surely you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
• 1 Timothy 1:11that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.
• Acts 1:25to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.”
• 1 Corinthians 9:2Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
• Galatians 2:8For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles.
• Romans 15:18I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done—
• Romans 16:26but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from faith—
• Acts 6:7So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.
• 2 Corinthians 10:4The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
• Hebrews 5:9and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all 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