a1 Cor. 1:4; Eph. 1:15, 16; Phil. 1:3; Col. 1:3, 4; [ch. 6:17; Phil. 4:6; 2 Tim. 1:3]
bch. 16:19; [1 Thess. 1:8]
c[2 Cor. 3:2]
d[Rom. 10:18; 2 Thess. 3:1]
e[Rom. 1:8; 16:19; 2 Thess. 1:4]

Romans 1:8

Longing to Go to Rome

8First, aI thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, bbecause your faith is proclaimed in all the world.

1 Corinthians 9:2

2If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are cthe seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 1:8

8For not only has the word of the Lord dsounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth eeverywhere, so that we need not say anything.
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