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

3The Good News is about his Son. In his earthly life he was born into King David’s family line, 4and he was shown to be the Son of God when he was raised from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit. He is Jesus Christ our Lord. 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. 6And you are included among those Gentiles who have been called to belong to Jesus Christ. 7I am writing to all of you in Rome who are loved by God and are called to be his own holy people. May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.

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 12:3Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us.
• Romans 15:15Even so, I have been bold enough to write about some of these points, knowing that all you need is this reminder. For by God’s grace,
• John 1:16From his abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another.
• 1 Corinthians 15:10But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.
• 2 Corinthians 3:5It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God.
• Galatians 1:15But even before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace. Then it pleased him
• Ephesians 3:2assuming, by the way, that you know God gave me the special responsibility of extending his grace to you Gentiles.
• 1 Timothy 1:11that comes from the glorious Good News entrusted to me by our blessed God.
• Acts 1:25as an apostle to replace Judas in this ministry, for he has deserted us and gone where he belongs.”
• 1 Corinthians 9:2Even if others think I am not an apostle, I certainly am to you. You yourselves are proof that I am the Lord’s apostle.
• Galatians 2:8For the same God who worked through Peter as the apostle to the Jews also worked through me as the apostle to the Gentiles.
• Romans 15:18Yet I dare not boast about anything except what Christ has done through me, bringing the Gentiles to God by my message and by the way I worked among them.
• Romans 16:26But now as the prophets foretold and as the eternal God has commanded, this message is made known to all Gentiles everywhere, so that they too might believe and obey him.
• Acts 6:7So God’s message continued to spread. The number of believers greatly increased in Jerusalem, and many of the Jewish priests were converted, too.
• 2 Corinthians 10:4We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments.
• Hebrews 5:9In this way, God qualified him as a perfect High Priest, and 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

In the dictionaries

• Affection
• Call
• Creation
• Dark
• Despiteful
• Faith
• Fall of man
• Lie
• Manifest
• Mention

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