13 Now I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to come to you (but (A)was hindered until now), that I might have some (B)fruit among you also, just as among the other Gentiles. 14 I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise. 15 So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.

The Just Live by Faith

16 For (C)I am not ashamed of the gospel [a]of Christ, for (D)it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, (E)for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17 For (F)in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, (G)“The just shall live by faith.”

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  1. Romans 1:16 NU omits of Christ

13 I do not want you to be unaware,(A) brothers and sisters,[a](B) that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now)(C) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

14 I am obligated(D) both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. 15 That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.(E)

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel,(F) because it is the power of God(G) that brings salvation to everyone who believes:(H) first to the Jew,(I) then to the Gentile.(J) 17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed(K)—a righteousness that is by faith(L) from first to last,[b] just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”[c](M)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 1:13 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 7:1, 4; 8:12, 29; 10:1; 11:25; 12:1; 15:14, 30; 16:14, 17.
  2. Romans 1:17 Or is from faith to faith
  3. Romans 1:17 Hab. 2:4