Romans 1:8

Paul’s Longing to Visit Rome

8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.

Romans 1:8 in Other Translations

KJV
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
ESV
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.
NLT
8 Let me say first that I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith in him is being talked about all over the world.
MSG
8 I thank God through Jesus for every one of you. That's first. People everywhere keep telling me about your lives of faith, and every time I hear them, I thank him.
CSB
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you because the news of your faith is being reported in all the world.

Romans 1:8 In-Context

6 And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
7 To 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.
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.
9 God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
10 in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God’s will the way may be opened for me to come to you.

Cross References 2

  • 1. 1 Corinthians 1:4; Ephesians 1:16; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; 2 Timothy 1:3
  • 2. S Romans 10:18; Romans 16:19
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