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Romans 1:5

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

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δι’diByδιά (dia)preposition — “By”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.Byοὗhouwhomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “whom”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.whomἐλάβομενelabomenwe have receivedλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person plural — “we have received”, a single actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.we have receivedχάρινcharingraceχάρις (charis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “grace”, the object formG5485(a) grace, as a gift or blessing brought to man by Jesus Christ, (b) favor, (c) gratitude, thanks, (d) a favor, kindness.This verse uses “grace”.graceκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀποστολὴνapostolēnapostleshipἀποστολή (apostolē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “apostleship”, the object formG651commission, duty of apostle, apostleship.This verse uses “apostleship”.apostleshipεἰςeisforεἰςpreposition — “for”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “for”.forὑπακοὴνhupakoēnobedienceὑπακοή (hupakoē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “obedience”, the object formG5218obedience, submissiveness, compliance.obedienceπίστεωςpisteōsto the faithπίστις (pistis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “to the faith”, the of-formG4102faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.This verse uses “faith”.to the faithἐνenamongἐνpreposition — “among”G1722in, on, among.amongπᾶσινpasinallπᾶς (pas)adjective, dative, plural, neuter — “all”, the to- or for-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἔθνεσινethnesinnationsἔθνος (ethnos)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “nations”, the to- or for-formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.nationsὑπὲρhuperforὑπέρpreposition — “for”G5228gen: in behalf of; acc: above.forτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ὀνόματοςonomatosnameὄνομα (onoma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “name”, the of-formG3686name, character, fame, reputation.This verse uses “name”.nameαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

through whom we did receive grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, in behalf of his name;

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American Standard Version (1901)

through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name’s sake;

Young’s Literal Translation

through whom we did receive grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, in behalf of his name;

World English Bible

through whom we received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations for his name’s sake;

Darby Translation

by whom we have received grace and apostleship in behalf of his name, for obedience of faith among all the nations,

Douay-Rheims

By whom we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith, in all nations, for his name;

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