Romans 1:1–17
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From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus. God called me to be an apostle and chose me to tell the Good News.
2God promised this Good News long ago through his prophets, as it is written in the Holy Scriptures. 3–4The Good News is about God’s Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. As a man, he was born from the family of David. But through the Spirit of holiness he was declared to be God’s Son with great power by rising from the dead. 5Through Christ, God gave me the special work of an apostle, which was to lead people of all nations to believe and obey. I do this work for him. 6And you who are in Rome are also called to belong to Jesus Christ.
7To all of you in Rome whom God loves and has called to be his holy people:
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
A Prayer of Thanks
8First I want to say that I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because people everywhere in the world are talking about your faith. 9God, whom I serve with my whole heart by telling the Good News about his Son, knows that I always mention you 10every time I pray. I pray that I will be allowed to come to you, and this will happen if God wants it. 11I want very much to see you, to give you some spiritual gift to make you strong. 12I mean that I want us to help each other with the faith we have. Your faith will help me, and my faith will help you. 13Brothers and sisters, I want you to know that I planned many times to come to you, but this has not been possible. I wanted to come so that I could help you grow spiritually as I have helped the other non-Jewish people.
14I have a duty to all people—Greeks and those who are not Greeks, the wise and the foolish. 15That is why I want so much to preach the Good News to you in Rome.
16I am not ashamed of the Good News, because it is the power God uses to save everyone who believes—to save the Jews first, and then to save non-Jews. 17The Good News shows how God makes people right with himself—that it begins and ends with faith. As the Scripture says, “But those who are right with God will live by faith.” n
Footnotes
- n“But those … faith.” Quotation from Habakkuk 2:4.
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