Greeting
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. 9rFor 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. 14aI 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
Footnotes
- 1 1:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
- 2 1:3 Or who came from the offspring of David
- 3 1:13 Or 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
- 4 1:14 That is, non-Greeks
- 5 1:17 Or beginning and ending in faith
- 6 1:17 Or The one who by faith is righteous shall live
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