Romans 1:9
7 To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.
God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
10 in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.
11 For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
- KJV
- 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;
- WEB
- For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,
- ASV
- For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers
- DARBY
- For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the glad tidings of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you,
- BLB
- For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of His Son, is my witness how unceasingly I make remembrance of you⁺,
- ÅB
- For Gud, som jeg tjener i min ånd i hans Sønns evangelium, er mitt vitne hvor uavlatelig jeg husker på dere
- OTB
- For Gud, som jeg tjener i min ånd i forkynnelsen av hans Sønns evangelium, er mitt vitne på hvor uavlatelig jeg husker dere
- B1930
- For Gud, som jeg tjener i min ånd i hans Sønns evangelium, er mitt vidne hvor uavlatelig jeg kommer eder i hu,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 6:18
Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
Read in contextEphesians 1:16–19
I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
Read in contextRomans 9:1
I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.
Read in context2 Timothy 1:3
I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:23
I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:17
Pray without ceasing.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:10–11
As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
Read in contextPhilippians 1:4
In every prayer for all of you, I always pray with joy,
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