9And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
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Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-12)The apostle here returns to his exhortation to Christians. What he says here (Rom. 15:7) is to the same purport with the former; but the repetition shows how much the apostle’s heart was upon it. “Receive one another into your affection, into your communion, and into your common conversation, as there is occasion.” He had exhorted the strong to receive the weak (Rom. 14:1), here, Receive one anoth…
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