Romans 1:16
Douay-Rheims
For I am not ashamed of the gospel. For it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth, to the Jew first, and to the Greek.
Francis Patrick Kenrick
Because first to be proclaimed to the Jew, as of the race of Abraham, to whom the promises were made. s The Greek is put for any Gentile. The Hebrews divided the human race into Jews and Gentiles. After the Jew, the Gentile was to hear the Gospel.
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1863 · Romans 1:16
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.