Paul Greets the Saints in Rome
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God— Act 9:15Rom 15:161Co 1:1Jer 1:5Col 1:1Tit 1:12Co 1:1Rom 1:9 the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, Tit 1:2Luk 1:70Rom 3:21Rom 16:26Act 10:43Rom 3:2Luk 24:26-27Act 26:6 regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh, Gal 4:4Mat 1:1Jer 23:5-6Jhn 1:14Luk 1:31-33Mat 1:20-23Amo 9:11Isa 9:6-7 and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. Heb 5:5-6Eph 1:19-23Heb 9:142Co 13:4Act 13:33-35Act 5:30-32Jhn 2:18-211Pe 1:11
Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith. Act 9:15Rom 16:26Act 6:7Mal 1:111Co 15:10Heb 5:9Rom 12:31Pe 2:9-10 And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. 1Pe 2:9Rev 17:142Pe 1:10Heb 3:11Co 1:91Pe 2:212Ti 1:9Eph 1:11
To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Col 1:2Jud 1:1-2Eph 1:21Th 1:12Co 13:142Jn 1:32Th 3:162Pe 1:2-3
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Unashamed of the Gospel
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world. Rom 16:191Co 1:41Th 1:8-9Rom 6:171Pe 4:11Col 1:3Eph 1:15Php 1:3 God, whom I serve with my spirit 1in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you Eph 6:182Ti 1:3Eph 1:16-19Rom 9:11Th 5:172Co 1:231Co 14:14-151Th 1:2 in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you. Rom 15:30-32Act 18:21Jas 4:15Phm 1:221Th 2:181Th 3:10-11Act 19:21Heb 13:19 For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you, 2Pe 1:122Th 3:3Rom 16:25Rom 15:292Pe 3:17-181Pe 5:102Th 2:17Act 8:15-19 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith. 1Th 3:7-103Jn 1:3-42Co 7:132Co 7:4-72Pe 1:1Rom 15:32Tit 1:41Th 2:17-20
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting 2until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles. Act 19:21Php 4:172Ti 4:171Th 2:181Th 4:132Co 1:81Co 10:11Co 12:1 I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, 3 both to the wise and the foolish. 1Co 9:16-23Act 9:15Col 3:11Act 22:21Act 26:17-18Jas 3:17-18Rom 12:162Co 11:19 That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome. Rom 15:201Co 9:17Isa 6:82Co 10:15-161Ki 8:18Mat 9:382Co 8:12Act 21:13
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek. Mrk 8:382Ti 1:81Pe 4:162Ti 1:12Psa 40:9-10Luk 9:261Th 1:5-61Co 1:18-24 For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, 4 just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” 5 Hab 2:4Gal 3:11Heb 10:38Php 3:9Heb 11:6-7Rom 9:30Rom 3:21Rom 3:3
God’s Wrath against Sin
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness. Eph 5:61Ti 4:1-2Rom 1:32Col 3:62Th 2:10Rom 4:15Rom 5:9Rom 6:13 For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. Act 14:16-17Psa 19:1-6Rom 1:20Act 17:23-30Isa 40:26Jhn 1:9Jer 10:10-13 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. Rom 1:19Isa 40:26Psa 19:1-6Psa 8:3Psa 33:6-9Rom 2:15Jhn 15:22Jhn 1:18
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. Eph 4:17-182Ki 17:15Jer 2:52Ti 3:2Psa 50:23Jhn 3:19Rev 14:71Pe 2:9 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, 1Co 1:19-21Pro 26:12Rom 11:25Pro 25:14Jer 8:8-91Co 3:18-19Jer 10:14Isa 47:10 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. Psa 106:20Jer 2:11Act 17:291Pe 4:3Psa 115:5-8Rom 1:25Deu 5:8Ezk 8:10
Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. Psa 81:11-12Act 7:42Act 14:16Mat 15:142Th 2:10-12Eph 4:18-19Rom 1:26-28Lev 18:22 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! 6 Amen. Hab 2:18Jer 13:251Jn 2:15-16Isa 44:20Amo 2:42Co 11:31Jer 10:14-15Rom 9:5
For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. Jud 1:71Ti 1:10Lev 18:22-28Rom 1:241Co 6:9Eph 4:19Gen 19:5Jdg 19:22 Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. Lev 20:13Lev 18:22Rom 1:23-24
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 2Th 2:10-12Rom 1:21Tit 1:16Jer 9:6Rom 1:242Ti 3:8Rom 8:7-8Pro 5:12-13 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, 2Co 12:20Pro 16:28Pro 26:20Psa 41:7Rom 3:10 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. 2Ti 3:2Jud 1:162Pe 2:18Jas 3:5Jas 4:16Rom 8:7-8Tit 3:31Ki 20:11 They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless. 2Ti 3:3Pro 18:2Rom 3:11Isa 33:8Jer 4:22Mat 15:162Ki 18:14-37Isa 27:11
Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them. Rom 1:21Rom 2:1-5Rom 6:21Psa 50:18Rom 1:18Luk 11:48Rom 2:21-23Act 22:20