ROMANS 1:5

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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

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Romans 1:5 Translation & Meaning

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By δι' Through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional) By
whom οὗ The relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that whom
we have received ἐλάβομεν To take. While G0138 is more violent, to seize or remove. received
grace χάριν Graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude) grace
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
apostleship, ἀποστολὴν Commission, i.e., (specially) apostolate apostleship
for εἰς To or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases for
obedience ὑπακοὴν Attentive hearkening, i.e., (by implication) compliance or submission obedience
to the faith πίστεως Persuasion, i.e., credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself faith
among ἐν "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc among
all πᾶσιν All, any, every, the whole all
nations, ἔθνεσιν A race (as of the same habit), i.e., a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan) nations
for ὑπὲρ "over", i.e., (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than for
his αὐτοῦ The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons his
name: ὀνόματος A "name" (literally or figuratively) (authority, character) name

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  • 3  Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

  • 4  And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

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

  • 6  Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:

  • 7  To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.




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