1Paul, ^aa servant¹ of Christ Jesus, ^bcalled to be an apostle, ^cset apart for the gospel of God, ²which ^dhe promised beforehand ^ethrough his prophets in the holy Scriptures, ³concerning his Son, ^fwho was descended from David² ^gaccording to the flesh ⁴and ^hwas declared to be the Son of God ⁱin power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, ⁵through whom ^jwe have received grace and ^kapostleship ^lto bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name ^mamong all the nations, ⁶including you who are ⁿcalled to belong to Jesus Christ,

⁷To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints:

^oGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Longing to Go to Rome

⁸First, ^pI thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, ^qbecause your faith is proclaimed in all the world. ⁹^rFor God is my witness, ^swhom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, ^tthat without ceasing I mention you ¹⁰always in my prayers, asking that somehow ^uby God’s will I may now at last succeed in coming to you. ¹¹For ^vI long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— ¹²that is, that we may be mutually encouraged ^wby each other’s faith, both yours and mine. ¹³I do not want you to be unaware, brothers,³ that ^xI have often intended to come to you (but ^ythus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some ^zharvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles. ¹⁴^aI am under obligation both to Greeks and to ^bbarbarians,⁴ both to the wise and to the foolish. ¹⁵So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

¹⁶For ^dI am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is ^ethe power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew ^ffirst and also to ^gthe Greek. ¹⁷For in it ^hthe righteousness of God is revealed ⁱfrom faith for faith,⁵ ^jas it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”⁶

Read in Logos

Romans 1:16–17: For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes…For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

Footnotes

1For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see )
2Or who came from the offspring of David
3Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
4That is, non-Greeks
5Or beginning and ending in faith
6Or The one who by faith is righteous shall live

Cross references

a[Gal. 1:10]
b 1 Cor. 1:1; [1 Cor. 9:1; Heb. 5:4]; See 2 Cor. 1:1
cSee Acts 13:2
d Titus 1:2
ech. 3:21; 16:26; Luke 1:70
fSee Matt. 1:1
g Gal. 4:4
h[Acts 13:33]
i 2 Cor. 13:4; Eph. 1:19, 20; Phil. 3:10; [Acts 10:38; 26:23]
jch. 12:3; 15:15
kSee Acts 1:25
lch. 6:16; 16:26; 1 Pet. 1:2; [ch. 15:18; Acts 6:7]
mSee Acts 9:15
n Rev. 17:14; [ch. 8:28, 30]
o 1 Cor. 1:3
p 1 Cor. 1:4; Eph. 1:15, 16; Phil. 1:3; Col. 1:3, 4; [ch. 6:17; Phil. 4:6; 2 Tim. 1:3]
qch. 16:19; [1 Thess. 1:8]
r Phil. 1:8; 1 Thess. 2:5, 10; [ch. 9:1; 2 Cor. 1:23; 11:10, 31]
sSee Acts 24:14
t 2 Tim. 1:3
uch. 15:32; [1 Thess. 3:10]
vch. 15:22, 23; [Acts 19:21]
wSee 2 Pet. 1:1
xch. 15:22, 23; [Acts 19:21]
ych. 15:22; [1 Thess. 2:18]
z Phil. 4:17; [John 4:36]
a 1 Cor. 9:16
bSee Acts 28:2
d[Ps. 40:9, 10]; See Mark 8:38
e 1 Cor. 1:18, 24
fch. 2:9; See Acts 3:26
g[Mark 7:26]; See John 7:35
hch. 3:21; [2 Cor. 5:21; Phil. 3:9]
iSee ch. 9:30
j Gal. 3:11; Heb. 10:38; Cited from Hab. 2:4