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Romans 1:8–9

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First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
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From verse 8

  1. Romans 16:19Rank 1 from verse 8
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    19For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.

  2. 1 Corinthians 1:4Rank 2 from verse 8
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    4I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

  3. 1 Thessalonians 1:8–9Rank 3 from verse 8
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    8For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.

    9For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

  4. Romans 6:17Rank 4 from verse 8
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    17But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

  5. 1 Peter 4:11Rank 5 from verse 8
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    11If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

  6. Colossians 1:3Rank 6 from verse 8
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    3We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

  7. Ephesians 1:15Rank 7 from verse 8
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    15Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,

  8. Philippians 1:3Rank 8 from verse 8
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    3I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

  9. 1 Peter 2:5Rank 9 from verse 8
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    5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

  10. Hebrews 13:15Rank 10 from verse 8
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    15By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

  11. Philippians 1:11Rank 11 from verse 8
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    11Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

  12. Ephesians 5:20Rank 12 from verse 8
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    20Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

  13. Matthew 24:14Rank 13 from verse 8
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    14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

  14. Acts 11:28Rank 14 from verse 8
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    28And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cæsar.

  15. Ephesians 3:21Rank 15 from verse 8
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    21Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

  16. Luke 2:1Rank 16 from verse 8
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    1AND it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

From verse 9

  1. Ephesians 6:18Rank 1 from verse 9
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    18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

  2. 2 Timothy 1:3Rank 2 from verse 9
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    3I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;

  3. Ephesians 1:16–19Rank 3 from verse 9
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    16Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

    17That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

    18The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

    19And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

  4. Romans 9:1Rank 4 from verse 9
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    1I SAY the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,

  5. 1 Thessalonians 5:17Rank 5 from verse 9
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    17Pray without ceasing.

  6. 2 Corinthians 1:23Rank 6 from verse 9
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    23Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

  7. 1 Corinthians 14:14–15Rank 7 from verse 9
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    14For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

    15What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

  8. 1 Thessalonians 1:2Rank 8 from verse 9
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    2We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;

  9. 1 Thessalonians 3:10Rank 9 from verse 9
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    10Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

  10. 2 Corinthians 11:10–11Rank 10 from verse 9
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    10As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

    11Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.

  11. Acts 19:21Rank 11 from verse 9
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    21¶ After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

  12. Acts 27:23Rank 12 from verse 9
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    23For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

  13. Ephesians 3:14–21Rank 13 from verse 9
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    14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

    15Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

    16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

    17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

    18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

    19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

    20Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

    21Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

  14. John 4:23–24Rank 14 from verse 9
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    23But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

    24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

  15. Philippians 1:4Rank 15 from verse 9
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    4Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

  16. Philippians 3:3Rank 16 from verse 9
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    3For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

  17. 1 John 5:9–12Rank 17 from verse 9
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    9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

    10He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

    11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

    12He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

  18. 1 Samuel 12:23Rank 18 from verse 9
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    23Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:

  19. 1 Thessalonians 2:5–10Rank 19 from verse 9
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    5For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:

    6Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

    7But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

    8So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.

    9For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

    10Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

  20. 1 Timothy 2:7Rank 20 from verse 9
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    7Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

  21. 2 Corinthians 11:31Rank 21 from verse 9
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    31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

  22. Acts 12:5Rank 22 from verse 9
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    5Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

  23. Acts 24:14Rank 23 from verse 9
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    14But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

  24. Acts 3:26Rank 24 from verse 9
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    26Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

  25. Colossians 1:28–29Rank 25 from verse 9
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    28Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

    29Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

  26. Colossians 1:9–13Rank 26 from verse 9
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    9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

    10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

    11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

    12Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

    13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

  27. Galatians 1:20Rank 27 from verse 9
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    20Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

  28. Job 16:19Rank 28 from verse 9
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    19Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

  29. Luke 18:1Rank 29 from verse 9
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    1AND he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

  30. Mark 1:1Rank 30 from verse 9
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    1THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

  31. Philippians 1:8–11Rank 31 from verse 9
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    8For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

    9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

    10That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

    11Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

  32. Philippians 2:22Rank 32 from verse 9
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    22But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.

  33. Philemon 1:4Rank 33 from verse 9
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    4I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,

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Romans 1:8

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thank

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To express gratitude for a favor; to make acknowledgments to one for kindness bestowed.

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Jesus Christ

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The eternal Word and Son of God, the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh.

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Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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faith

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Sense 1: The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen; trust, confidence, belief, persuasion, or reliance. Sense 2: Faithfulness, fidelity, or trustworthiness. Sense 3: The revealed truth or gospel believed and kept.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

spoken

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1. Uttered, said, declared, addressed, or communicated in words. 2. In 'spoken of,' mentioned, described, or referred to. 3. In 'spoken for,' addressed by request or commendation on another's behalf; in a marriage setting, sought as a spouse. 4. In 'spoken against' or 'evil spoken of,' opposed, contradicted, denounced, or reviled.

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throughout

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Through every part, place, member, or extent of; all over; during or from beginning to end of the whole stated area, group, or period.

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Romans 1:9

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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witness

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Sense 1: A person or thing that attests, testifies, records, or supplies evidence; also testimony, record, or the act of bearing testimony. Sense 2: To see in person, testify, attest, or give evidence.

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whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

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serve

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To work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.

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spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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gospel

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Good news or glad tidings; especially the proclaimed word of God concerning Jesus Christ, the kingdom of God, and salvation, including that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again the third day according to the scriptures.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Son

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A title of Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Son of man.

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without

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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.

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COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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mention

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Sense 1: To speak of, name, or refer to. Sense 2: As a noun, a spoken reference or remembrance.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

prayers

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Requests, petitions, supplications, intercessions, or thanksgivings addressed to God.

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1:8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

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1:9For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;

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1:10Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.

1:11For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

1:12That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

1:13Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

1:14I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

1:15So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

1:16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

1:17For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

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