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15 So, to the fullest extent of my ability, I am ready to come also to you in Rome to preach God’s Good News.

16 For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is God’s powerful method of bringing all who believe it to heaven. This message was preached first to the Jews alone, but now everyone is invited to come to God in this same way. 17 This Good News tells us that God makes us ready for heaven—makes us right in God’s sight—when we put our faith and trust in Christ to save us. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith.[a] As the Scripture says it, “The man who finds life will find it through trusting God.”

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  1. Romans 1:17 This is accomplished from start to finish by faith, literally, “[This] righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith.” “The man who finds life will find it through trusting God” (Habakkuk 2:4).

15 That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.(A)

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

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  1. Romans 1:17 Or is from faith to faith
  2. Romans 1:17 Hab. 2:4