Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 1

142 catchwords1438 parallels

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Romans 1 . 1 , Paul commends his calling to the Romans; Romans 1 . 9 , and his desire to come to them; Romans 1 . 16 , What his gospel is; Romans 1 . 18 , God is angry with sin; Romans 1 . 21 , What were the sins of the gentiles.

Romans 1:1

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—

Romans 1:1 · BSB

Paul6 parallels

a servant21 parallels

called28 parallels

separated12 parallels

the gospel15 parallels

Reciprocal11 parallels

Romans 1:2

the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

Romans 1:2 · BSB

Which5 parallels

by1 parallel

the holy1 parallel

Reciprocal5 parallels

Romans 1:3

regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,

Romans 1:3 · BSB

his Son37 parallels

which26 parallels

according9 parallels

Reciprocal23 parallels

Romans 1:4

and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 1:4 · BSB

the Son14 parallels

according7 parallels

Reciprocal44 parallels

declared Gr. determined

Romans 1:5

Through 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.

Romans 1:5 · BSB

we have12 parallels

apostleship4 parallels

for obedience to the faith6 parallels

or , to the obedience of faith

among1 parallel

for his name7 parallels

Reciprocal23 parallels

Romans 1:6

And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

Romans 1:6 · BSB

are ye also3 parallels

the called12 parallels

Reciprocal3 parallels

Romans 1:7

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.

Romans 1:7 · BSB

To all18 parallels

beloved6 parallels

called6 parallels

Grace18 parallels

peace1 parallel

God9 parallels

and the Lord19 parallels

Reciprocal24 parallels

Romans 1:8

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

Romans 1:8 · BSB

I thank1 parallel

through6 parallels

that your3 parallels

the whole3 parallels

Reciprocal20 parallels

Romans 1:9

God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

Romans 1:9 · BSB

God10 parallels

whom5 parallels

with6 parallels

or , in

the3 parallels

that7 parallels

I make7 parallels

Reciprocal16 parallels

Romans 1:10

in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.

Romans 1:10 · BSB

request8 parallels

a prosperous3 parallels

by the will4 parallels

Reciprocal5 parallels

Romans 1:11

For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

Romans 1:11 · BSB

I long9 parallels

that7 parallels

to the14 parallels

Reciprocal11 parallels

Romans 1:12

that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.

Romans 1:12 · BSB

that I may12 parallels

by the mutual4 parallels

Reciprocal9 parallels

with you or , in you

Romans 1:13

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

Romans 1:13 · BSB

the whole verse5 parallels

None

that oftentimes4 parallels

but6 parallels

that I6 parallels

even12 parallels

Reciprocal5 parallels

among or , in

Romans 1:14

I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

Romans 1:14 · BSB

debtor9 parallels

Greeks3 parallels

both to15 parallels

to the unwise7 parallels

Reciprocal8 parallels

Romans 1:15

That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.

Romans 1:15 · BSB

so4 parallels

I7 parallels

Reciprocal6 parallels

Romans 1:16

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

Romans 1:16 · BSB

I am12 parallels

the gospel11 parallels

for it is18 parallels

to every1 parallel

to the Jew1 parallel

Reciprocal33 parallels

Romans 1:17

For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

Romans 1:17 · BSB

For therein1 parallel

from faith1 parallel

The just7 parallels

Reciprocal34 parallels

Romans 1:18

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

Romans 1:18 · BSB

the wrath1 parallel

ungodliness1 parallel

unrighteousness1 parallel

who hold13 parallels

Reciprocal26 parallels

Romans 1:19

For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

Romans 1:19 · BSB

that which6 parallels

for God1 parallel

Reciprocal10 parallels

in them or , to them

Romans 1:20

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

Romans 1:20 · BSB

For the5 parallels

from the11 parallels

even his9 parallels

Godhead2 parallels

so that they are3 parallels

or , that they may be

without1 parallel

Reciprocal22 parallels

Romans 1:21

For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

Romans 1:21 · BSB

when3 parallels

they glorified10 parallels

but became14 parallels

their foolish5 parallels

Reciprocal53 parallels

Romans 1:22

Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,

Romans 1:22 · BSB

the whole verse11 parallels

Reciprocal34 parallels

Romans 1:23

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

Romans 1:23 · BSB

changed3 parallels

an image12 parallels

Reciprocal18 parallels

Romans 1:24

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

Romans 1:24 · BSB

God11 parallels

through the lusts1 parallel

to dishonour4 parallels

between2 parallels

Reciprocal13 parallels

Romans 1:25

They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.

Romans 1:25 · BSB

changed1 parallel

the truth3 parallels

into a lie8 parallels

the creature6 parallels

more8 parallels

or , rather , who is

Reciprocal4 parallels

Romans 1:26

For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.

Romans 1:26 · BSB

gave them1 parallel

vile11 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Romans 1:27

Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Romans 1:27 · BSB

that recompense2 parallels

Reciprocal12 parallels

Romans 1:28

Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

Romans 1:28 · BSB

as they did23 parallels

a reprobate mind4 parallels

or , a mind void of judgment

not convenient2 parallels

Reciprocal67 parallels

retain or , acknowledge

Romans 1:29

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

Romans 1:29 · BSB

filled1 parallel

whisperers4 parallels

Reciprocal24 parallels

Romans 1:30

slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.

Romans 1:30 · BSB

Backbiters1 parallel

haters11 parallels

boasters17 parallels

inventors3 parallels

disobedient8 parallels

Reciprocal12 parallels

Romans 1:31

They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.

Romans 1:31 · BSB

Without understanding7 parallels

covenantbreakers3 parallels

Reciprocal15 parallels

without natural affection or , unsociable

Romans 1:32

Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.

Romans 1:32 · BSB

knowing4 parallels

worthy1 parallel

have pleasure in them4 parallels

or , consent with them

Reciprocal29 parallels

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web12 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Romans 1:17 → Habakkuk 2:4
Allusions Romans 1:1-7 → 2 Samuel 7:12, Romans 1:18-23 → Psalm 106:20, Romans 1:3 → 2 Samuel 7:12
Trajectories
David (The King After God's Own Heart), Image of God (Priestly Vocation), Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring), Spiritual Adultery (Covenant Faithfulness and Idolatry)
Longitudinal Themes
Seed and Offspring, Sonship
Chiasms
Shaped Romans 01:1–17, Romans 01:16–20
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