Romans 1:1–17

¹Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God— ²which He announced before through His prophets in holy writings— ³concerning His Son, (who is come of the seed of David according to the flesh, ⁴who is marked out Son of God in power, according to the Spirit of sanctification, by the rising again from the dead,) Jesus Christ our Lord; ⁵through whom we did receive grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, in behalf of his name; ⁶among whom are also ye, the called of Jesus Christ; ⁷to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints; Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ!

⁸First, indeed, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed in the whole world; ⁹for God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the good news of His Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, ¹⁰always in my prayers beseeching, if by any means now at length I shall have a prosperous journey, by the will of God, to come unto you, ¹¹for I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, that ye may be established; ¹²and that is, that I may be comforted together among you, through the faith in one another, both yours and mine. ¹³And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that many times I did purpose to come unto you—and was hindered till the present time—that some fruit I might have also among you, even as also among the other nations. ¹⁴Both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to wise and to thoughtless, I am a debtor, ¹⁵so, as much as in me is, I am ready also to you who are in Rome to proclaim good news.

¹⁶For I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek. ¹⁷For the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it hath been written, ‘And the righteous one by faith shall live,’