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15 So you can imagine how eager I am to join you and to teach the good news in the mighty and diverse city of Rome.

16 For I am not the least bit embarrassed about the gospel. I won’t shy away from it, because it is God’s power to save every person who believes: first the Jew, and then the non-Jew. 17 You see, in the good news, God’s restorative justice is revealed. And as we will see, it begins with and ends in faith. As the Scripture declares, “By faith the just will obtain life.”[a]

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  1. 1:17 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