Romans 15:18

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“I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,”

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“I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“for I will not dare to speak anything of the things that Christ did not work through me, to obedience of nations, by word and deed,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Romans 15:18 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 25:14Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
  2. Matthew 25:16The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.
  3. Matthew 28:18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
  4. Mark 16:20And they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked through them, confirming His word by the signs that accompanied it.
  5. Acts 14:27When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
  6. Acts 15:4On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
  7. Acts 15:12The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
  8. Acts 21:19Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
  9. Acts 26:20First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
  10. Romans 1:5Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
  11. Romans 6:17But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
  12. Romans 16:26but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith—
  13. 1 Corinthians 3:6I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
  14. 2 Corinthians 3:1Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
  15. 2 Corinthians 6:1As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
  16. 2 Corinthians 10:4The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
  17. 2 Corinthians 10:13We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.
  18. 2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
  19. 2 Corinthians 12:6Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,
  20. Galatians 2:8For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.
  21. Colossians 3:17And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
  22. 2 Thessalonians 2:17encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.
  23. Hebrews 5:9And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
  24. Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

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