1:1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God.… Here (see v. 5 also) Paul succinctly introduces himself to the Roman Christians by describing himself in three important ways. Perhaps he felt the need for this careful introduction because he had not yet been to Rome and was not known personally to many of the Christians there. Paul describes himself first of all as a slave of Christ
Romans 1:1