¹⁷ As she followed Paul and us she cried out, “These men, who are proclaiming to you^[a] a way of salvation, are the servants of the Most High God.”

The Gospel of God for Rome

1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle^[a](A) and set apart^(B) for the gospel of God^(C)—

⁶ Don’t work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing God’s will^(A) from your heart.

Greeting

1 James,^(A) a servant of God^(B) and of the Lord Jesus Christ:

To the twelve tribes^(C) dispersed abroad.^[a](D)

Greetings.^(E)

¹⁶ Submit as free people, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil,^(A) but as God’s slaves.^(B)