Romans 1:12 Cross References

Romans 1:12

12: I'm eager to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours. In this way, each of us will be a blessing to the other.

So we have been greatly comforted, dear brothers and sisters, in all of our own crushing troubles and suffering, because you have remained strong in your faith.
It gives us new life, knowing you remain strong in the Lord.
How we thank God for you! Because of you we have great joy in the presence of God.
Night and day we pray earnestly for you, asking God to let us see you again to fill up anything that may still be missing in your faith.

We have been encouraged by this. In addition to our own encouragement, we were especially delighted to see how happy Titus was at the way you welcomed him and set his mind at ease.

This letter is from Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ. I am writing to all of you who share the same precious faith we have, faith given to us by Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, who makes us right with God.

When he arrived and saw this proof of God's favor, he was filled with joy, and he encouraged the believers to stay true to the Lord.

I have the highest confidence in you, and my pride in you is great. You have greatly encouraged me; you have made me happy despite all our troubles.
When we arrived in Macedonia there was no rest for us. Outside there was conflict from every direction, and inside there was fear.
But God, who encourages those who are discouraged, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.
His presence was a joy, but so was the news he brought of the encouragement he received from you. When he told me how much you were looking forward to my visit, and how sorry you were about what had happened, and how loyal your love is for me, I was filled with joy!

Some of the brothers recently returned and made me very happy by telling me about your faithfulness and that you are living in the truth.
I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children live in the truth.

How happy I was to meet some of your children and find them living in the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.

Then, by the will of God, I will be able to come to you with a happy heart, and we will be an encouragement to each other.

Dear brothers and sisters, after we were separated from you for a little while (though our hearts never left you), we tried very hard to come back because of our intense longing to see you again.
We wanted very much to come, and I, Paul, tried again and again, but Satan prevented us.
After all, what gives us hope and joy, and what is our proud reward and crown? It is you! Yes, you will bring us much joy as we stand together before our Lord Jesus when he comes back again.
For you are our pride and joy.

I long to see you again, for I remember your tears as we parted. And I will be filled with joy when we are together again.

So I said to myself, "No, I won't do it. I won't make them unhappy with another painful visit."
For if I cause you pain and make you sad, who is going to make me glad?
That is why I wrote as I did in my last letter, so that when I do come, I will not be made sad by the very ones who ought to give me the greatest joy. Surely you know that my happiness depends on your happiness.

This letter is written to Titus, my true child in the faith that we share. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior give you grace and peace.

Dearly loved friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the truth of the Good News. God gave this unchanging truth once for all time to his holy people.

I am planning to go to Spain, and when I do, I will stop off in Rome. And after I have enjoyed your fellowship for a little while, you can send me on my way again.

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