Romans 1:1-17
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the
gospel of God, 2which he promised beforehand through his prophets in
the holy scriptures, 3 the gospel concerning his Son, who was descendedrom David according to the flesh 4 and was declared to be Son of God
with power according to the spirit of holiness by resurrection from the
dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we have received grace
and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the
Gentiles for the sake of his name, 6including yourselves who are called
to belong to Jesus Christ, 7To all God’s beloved in Rome, who are
called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and
the Lord Jesus Christ.
8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your
faith is proclaimed throughout the world. 9For God, whom I serve with
my spirit by announcing the gospel of his Son, is my witness that
without ceasing I remember you always in my prayers, 10asking that by
God’s will I may somehow at last succeed in coming to you. 11For I am
longing to see you so that I may share with you some spiritual gift to
strengthen you— 12or rather so that we may be mutually encouraged by
each other’s faith, both yours and mine. 13I want you to know, brothers
and sisters, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have
been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as I
have among the rest of the Gentiles. 14I am a debtor both to Greeks and
to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish 15—hence my
eagerness to proclaim the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
16For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for
salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the
Greek. 17For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for
faith; as it is written, “The one who is righteous will live by faith.”