Romans 1:13

Conservative English Version

My friends, I want you to know that I have often planned to come for a visit. But something has always kept me from doing it. I want to win followers to Christ in Rome, as I have done in many other places.

Cross References

Isaiah 27:6

Someday Israel will take root like a vine. It will blossom and bear fruit that covers the earth.

John 12:24

I tell you for certain that a grain of wheat that falls on the ground will never be more than one grain unless it dies. But if it dies, it will produce lots of wheat.

John 15:16

You did not choose me. I chose you and sent you out to produce fruit, the kind of fruit that will last. Then my Father will give you whatever you ask for in my name.

John 4:36

Even now the harvest workers are receiving their reward by gathering a harvest that brings eternal life. Then everyone who planted the seed and everyone who harvests the crop will celebrate together.

Acts 1:15

One day there were about one hundred twenty of the Lord's followers meeting together, and Peter stood up to speak to them.

Acts 14:27

After arriving in Antioch, they called the church together. They told the people what God had helped them do and how he had made it possible for the Gentiles to believe.

Acts 15:12

Everyone kept quiet and listened as Barnabas and Paul told how God had given them the power to work a lot of miracles and wonders for the Gentiles.

Acts 19:21

After all of this had happened, Paul decided to visit Macedonia and Achaia on his way to Jerusalem. Paul had said, "From there I will go on to Rome."

Acts 21:19

Paul greeted them and told how God had used him to help the Gentiles.

Acts 28:14

There we found some of the Lord's followers, who begged us to stay with them. A week later we left for the city of Rome.

Romans 1:12

What I am saying is that we can encourage each other by the faith that is ours.

Romans 11:25

My friends, I don't want you Gentiles to be too proud of yourselves. So I will explain the mystery of what has happened to the people of Israel. Some of them have become stubborn, and they will stay like that until the complete number of you Gentiles has come in.

Romans 7:1

My friends, you surely understand enough about law to know that laws only have power over people who are alive.

1 Corinthians 1:10

My dear friends, as a follower of our Lord Jesus Christ, I beg you to get along with each other. Don't take sides. Always try to agree in what you think.

1 Corinthians 10:1

Friends, I want to remind you that all of our ancestors walked under the cloud and went through the sea.

1 Corinthians 12:1

My friends, you asked me about spiritual gifts.

1 Corinthians 14:20

My friends, stop thinking like children. Think like mature people and be as innocent as tiny babies.

1 Corinthians 14:26

My friends, when you meet to worship, you must do everything for the good of everyone there. That's how it should be when someone sings or teaches or tells what God has said or speaks an unknown language or explains what the language means.

1 Corinthians 9:2

Others may think that I am not an apostle, but you are proof that I am an apostle to you.

2 Corinthians 1:8

My friends, I want you to know what a hard time we had in Asia. Our sufferings were so horrible and so unbearable that death seemed certain.

2 Corinthians 2:14

I am grateful that God always makes it possible for Christ to lead us to victory. God also helps us spread the knowledge about Christ everywhere, and this knowledge is like the smell of perfume.

Galatians 3:15

My friends, I will use an everyday example to explain what I mean. Once someone agrees to something, no one else can change or cancel the agreement.

Galatians 6:18

My friends, I pray that the Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you! Amen.

Philippians 1:22

I don't know what to choose. I could keep on living and doing something useful.

Philippians 4:17

I am not trying to get something from you, but I want you to receive the blessings that come from giving.

Colossians 1:10

Then you will live a life that honors the Lord, and you will always please him by doing good deeds. You will come to know God even better.

Colossians 1:6

The good news is spreading all over the world with great success. It has spread in that same way among you, ever since the first day you learned the truth about God's wonderful kindness

1 Thessalonians 2:18

We really wanted to come. I myself tried several times, but Satan always stopped us.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

My friends, we want you to understand how it will be for those followers who have already died. Then you won't grieve over them and be like people who don't have any hope.

2 Thessalonians 2:7

His mysterious power is already at work, but someone is holding him back. And the wicked one won't appear until that someone is out of the way.

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood beside me. He gave me the strength to tell his full message, so that all Gentiles would hear it. And I was kept safe from hungry lions.