15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

• Isa 45:23 · adapted
  "I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear."
  Isaiah: every knee shall bow — Paul adapts for divine judgment

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1John 4:15 — Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
• 2John 1:7 — For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
• Ezek 5:11 — Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither s
• Gen 43:26 — And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
• Isa 45:22 — Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
• Isa 49:18 — Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bin
• Isa 65:16 — That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and bec
• Jas 4:7 — Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
• Matt 10:32 — Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
• Num 14:21 — But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.
• Num 14:28 — Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
• Phil 2:10 — That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
• Phil 2:11 — And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• Ps 72:11 — Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
• Rev 5:14 — And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
• Rom 10:9 — That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
• Rom 10:9 — That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
• Rom 15:9 — And 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.
• Zeph 1:5 — And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
• Zeph 2:9 — Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desol