1. From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus.God chose me to be an apostle, and he appointed me to preach the good news
2. that he promised long ago by what his prophets said in the holy Scriptures.
3-4. This good news is about his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ! As a human, he was from the family of David. But the Holy Spirit proved that Jesus is the powerful Son of God, because he was raised from death.
5. Jesus was kind to me and chose me to be an apostle, so that people of all nations would obey and have faith.
6. You are some of those people chosen by Jesus Christ.