Romans 1:1–17

The Gospel Exalted

¹Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, ^1acalled as an apostle, having been ^bset apart for ^cthe gospel of God,

²which He ^apromised beforehand through His ^bprophets in the holy Scriptures,

³concerning His Son, who was born ^aof the seed of David ^baccording to the flesh,

⁴who was designated as ^athe Son of God in power, according to the ¹Spirit of holiness, ²by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

⁵through whom we received grace and ^aapostleship for the ^bobedience of faith among ^call the Gentiles for the sake of His name,

⁶among whom you also are the ^acalled of Jesus Christ;

⁷to all who are ^abeloved of God in Rome, called as ^1bsaints: ^cGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁸First, ^aI thank my God through Jesus Christ ¹for you all, because ^byour faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world.

⁹For ^aGod, whom I ^bserve in my spirit in the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how without ceasing ^cI make mention of you,

¹⁰always in my prayers earnestly asking, if perhaps now at last by ^athe will of God I may succeed in coming to you.

¹¹For ^aI long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be strengthened;

¹²that is, to be mutually encouraged, while among you, by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.

^13aI do not want you to be unaware, ^bbrothers, that often I ^chave planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may have some ^dfruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

^14aI am ¹under obligation both to Greeks and to ^bbarbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

¹⁵In this way, for my part, I am eager to ^aproclaim the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

¹⁶For I am not ^aashamed of the gospel, for ^bit is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the ^cJew first and also to ^dthe Greek.

¹⁷For in it ^athe righteousness of God is revealed ¹from faith to faith; as it is written, “^2bBut the righteous will live by faith.”