Romans 1:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also that are in Rome.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 8:18 : 18 But Jehovah said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart:
Isa 6:8 : 8 And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I; send me.
Matt 9:38 : 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.
Mark 14:8 : 8 She hath done what she could; she hath anointed my body beforehand for the burying.
John 4:34 : 34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.
Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Rom 12:18 : 18 If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.
Rom 15:20 : 20 yea, making it my aim so to preach the gospel, not where Christ was [already] named, that I might not build upon another man's foundation;
1 Cor 9:17 : 17 For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me.
2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if the readiness is there, [it is] acceptable according as [a man] hath, not according as [he] hath not.
2 Cor 10:15-16 : 15 not glorying {G1519} {G3588} beyond [our] measure, [that is,] in other men's labors; but having hope that, as your faith groweth, we shall be magnified in you according to our province unto [further] abundance, 16 so as to preach the gospel even unto the parts beyond you, [and] not to glory in another's province in regard of things ready to our hand.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Rom 1:16
83%
16For I am not ashamed of the gospel: {G5547} for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Rom 1:13-14
2 verses
78%
13And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.
14I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
Rom 15:15-20
6 verses
76%
15But {G80} I write the more boldly unto you in some measure, as putting you again in remembrance, because of the grace that was given me of God,
16that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
17I have therefore my glorifying in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
18For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
19in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and round about even unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ;
20yea, making it my aim so to preach the gospel, not where Christ was [already] named, that I might not build upon another man's foundation;
Phil 1:16-18
3 verses
74%
16the one [do it] of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel;
17but the other {G3303} proclaim Christ of faction, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for me in my bonds.
18What then? only that in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and therein {G1722} I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Rom 1:1
74%
1Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called [to be] an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
Rom 1:7-11
5 verses
74%
7To all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called [to be] saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
9For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers
10making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.
11For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
1 Cor 9:16-18
3 verses
73%
16For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel.
17For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me.
18What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel {G5547} without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the gospel.
2 Tim 1:11
73%
11whereunto {G1519} I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher.
Rom 15:31
72%
31that I may be delivered from them that are disobedient in Judaea, and [that] my ministration which [I have] for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;
Phil 1:12-14
3 verses
72%
12Now I would have you know, brethren, that the things [which happened] unto me have fallen out rather unto the progress of the gospel;
13so that my bonds became manifest in Christ throughout the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest;
14and that most of the brethren in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.
Rom 15:28-29
2 verses
72%
28When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by you unto Spain.
29And I know that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of Christ.
Phlm 1:8
72%
8Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,
Phil 1:30
72%
30having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
2 Cor 10:16
72%
16so as to preach the gospel even unto the parts beyond you, [and] not to glory in another's province in regard of things ready to our hand.
2 Cor 1:15-16
2 verses
72%
15And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit;
16and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea.
Phil 1:20
72%
20according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
Acts 19:21
71%
21Now after these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
Eph 6:19-20
2 verses
71%
19And on my behalf, that utterance may be given unto me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
20for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
2 Cor 11:10
71%
10As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this glorying in the regions of Achaia.
1 Cor 15:11
71%
11Whether then [it be] I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
Phil 1:7-8
2 verses
71%
7even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers with me of grace.
8For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
Col 1:25
71%
25whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,
Gal 1:11
71%
11For I make known to you, brethren, as touching the gospel which was preached by me, that it is not after man.
1 Cor 15:1
70%
1Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein {G1722} also ye stand,
Gal 1:16
70%
16to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles; straightway I conferred not with flesh and blood:
Rom 15:25
70%
25but now, I [say], I go unto Jerusalem, ministering unto the saints.
1 Cor 9:23
70%
23And I do all things for the gospel's sake, that I may be a joint partaker thereof.
Phil 1:27
70%
27Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you or be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;
Acts 21:13
69%
13Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Phlm 1:13
69%
13whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel: