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Romans 1:12

that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another's faith, both yours and mine.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Fellowship;   Humility;   Love;   Zeal, Religious;   Scofield Reference Index - Holy Spirit;   Sanctification;   Thompson Chain Reference - Church;   Fellowship, Divine;   Friendship;   Friendship-Friendlessness;   Saints;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Paul;   Romans, letter to the;   Rome;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Christianity;   Judgment, Last;   Omnipotence of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Conscience;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Paul;   Romans, the Epistle to the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exhortation;   Letter Form and Function;   Nard;   Romans, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Comfort;   Galatians, Epistle to the;   Paul the Apostle;   Person of Christ;   Romans, Epistle to the;   Text of the New Testament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Intercession;   Peter;   Philippians Epistle to the;   Prayer;   Romans Epistle to the;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Armour;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hebrews, Epistle to the;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 20;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
that is, to be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.
King James Version (1611)
That is, that I may be comforted together with you, by the mutual faith both of you and me.
King James Version
That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
English Standard Version
that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
New American Standard Bible
that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.
New Century Version
I mean that I want us to help each other with the faith we have. Your faith will help me, and my faith will help you.
Amplified Bible
that is, that we may be mutually encouraged and comforted by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.
Legacy Standard Bible
that is, to be mutually encouraged, while among you, by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
Berean Standard Bible
that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith.
Contemporary English Version
What I am saying is that we can encourage each other by the faith that is ours.
Complete Jewish Bible
or, to put it another way, so that by my being with you, we might, through the faith we share, encourage one another.
Darby Translation
that is, to have mutual comfort among you, each by the faith [which is] in the other, both yours and mine.
Easy-to-Read Version
I mean that I want us to help each other with the faith that we have. Your faith will help me, and my faith will help you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
That is, that I might be comforted together with you, through our mutuall faith, both yours and mine.
George Lamsa Translation
And that we may be comforted together by our mutual faith.
Good News Translation
What I mean is that both you and I will be helped at the same time, you by my faith and I by yours.
Lexham English Bible
that is, to be encouraged together with you through our mutual faith, both yours and mine.
Literal Translation
and this is to be comforted together among you, through the faith in one another, both yours and mine.
American Standard Version
that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.
Bible in Basic English
That is to say, that all of us may be comforted together by the faith which is in you and in me.
Hebrew Names Version
that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.
International Standard Version
that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.Titus 1:4; 2 Peter 1:1;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
that thereby you may be established, and that together we may be comforted by your faith and mine.
Murdock Translation
and that we may have comfort together, in the faith of both yourselves and me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
That is, that I might haue consolation together with you, eche with others fayth, yours and mine.
English Revised Version
that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.
World English Bible
that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
that ye may be established, That is, to be comforted together with you, by the mutual faith both of you and me.
Weymouth's New Testament
in other words that while I am among you we may be mutually encouraged by one another's faith, yours and mine.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that ye be confermyd, that is, to be coumfortid togidere in you, bi feith that is bothe youre and myn togidere.
Update Bible Version
that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.
Webster's Bible Translation
That is, that I may be comforted together with you, by the mutual faith both of you and me.
New King James Version
that is, that I may be encouraged together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
New Living Translation
When we get together, I want to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours.
New Life Bible
Both of us need help. I can help make your faith strong and you can do the same for me. We need each other.
New Revised Standard
or rather so that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
That is to say - there may be a mutual encouragement among you, each by the other's faith, both yours and mine.
Douay-Rheims Bible
That is to say, that I may be comforted together in you by that which is common to us both, your faith and mine.
Revised Standard Version
that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
that is that I myght have consolacion together with you through the commen fayth which bothe ye and I have.
Young's Literal Translation
and that is, that I may be comforted together among you, through the faith in one another, both yours and mine.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
(that is)that I mighte be conforted with you, thorow yor faith & myne, which we haue together.
Mace New Testament (1729)
or indeed that we may have mutual consolation from the faith which is in common to you and to me.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Faith and courage are as contagious as hoof and mouth.

Contextual Overview

8 First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world. 9 For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you 10 and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God. 11 For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you, 12 that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another's faith, both yours and mine. 13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles. 14 I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. 15 Thus I am eager also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that I may: Romans 15:24, Romans 15:32, Acts 11:23, 2 Corinthians 2:1-3, 2 Corinthians 7:4-7, 2 Corinthians 7:13, 1 Thessalonians 2:17-20, 1 Thessalonians 3:7-10, 2 Timothy 1:4, 2 John 1:4, 3 John 1:3, 3 John 1:4

with you: or, in you

by the mutual: Ephesians 4:5, Titus 1:4, 2 Peter 1:1, Jude 1:3

Reciprocal: Romans 15:29 - General 1 Corinthians 14:31 - all may be 2 Corinthians 1:24 - are 2 Corinthians 4:13 - the same 2 Corinthians 7:7 - but Philippians 1:25 - for 1 Thessalonians 2:8 - affectionately 1 Thessalonians 3:10 - might perfect 1 Timothy 5:5 - a widow

Cross-References

Genesis 1:10
God called the dry ground "land" and the gathered waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:11
God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds." It was so.
Genesis 1:24
God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind." It was so.
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth."
Isaiah 61:11
For just as the ground produces its crops and a garden yields its produce, so the sovereign Lord will cause deliverance to grow, and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations.
Mark 4:28
By itself the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.
Luke 6:44
for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from brambles.
2 Corinthians 9:10
Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow.
Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That is, that I may be comforted together with you,.... This is a further explanation of his view, in being desirous of coming to them, and preaching: the Gospel among them; for what makes for establishment, makes for comfort; and what makes for comfort, makes for establishment; and when souls are established, ministers are comforted as well as they; and whilst ministers are imparting their spiritual gifts for the use of others, they themselves are sometimes comforted of God in their work, and particularly when they find there is an agreement between their doctrine, and the experience of the saints:

by the mutual faith both of you and me. The grace of faith is the same in all the saints, and so is the doctrine of it, as dispensed by Christ's faithful ministers, and experimentally received and embraced by his people; the consideration of which has a very great influence on the comfort and establishment of each other; nor are any so perfect, but they may receive benefit from others, even though inferior to them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That I may be comforted ... - It was not merely to confirm them that Paul wished to come. He sought the communion of saints; he expected to be himself edified and strengthened; and to be comforted by seeing their strength of faith, and their rapid growth in grace. We may remark here,

(1) That one effect of religion is to produce the desire of the communion of saints. It is the nature of Christianity to seek the society of those who are the friends of Christ.

(2) Nothing is better suited to produce growth in grace than such communion. Every Christian should have one or more Christian friends to whom he may unbosom himself. No small part of the difficulties which young Christians experience would vanish, if they should communicate their feelings and views to others. Feelings which they suppose no Christians ever had, which greatly distress them, they will find are common among those who are experienced in the Christian life.

(3) There is nothing better suited to excite the feelings, and confirm the hopes of Christian ministers, than the firm faith of young converts, of those just commencing the Christian life, 3 John 1:4.

(4) The apostle did not disdain to be taught by the humblest Christians. He expected to be strengthened himself by the faith of those just beginning the Christian life. “There is none so poor in the church of Christ, that he cannot make some addition of importance to our stores,” Calvin.



Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 1:12. That I may be comforted together with you — He here, with great address, intimates that he longs for this opportunity, as well on his own account as on theirs, and to show them that he arrogates nothing to himself; for he intimates that it will require the conjoint action of their faith as well as his own, to be the means of receiving those blessings from God to which he refers.


 
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