3. concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh
4. and who has been declared to be the powerful Son of God by the resurrection from the dead according to the Spirit of holiness.
5. We have received grace and apostleship through Him to bring about the obedience of faith among all the nations, on behalf of His name,
6. including yourselves who also belong to Jesus Christ by calling:
7. To all who are in Rome, loved by God, called as saints. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8. First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you because the news of your faith is being reported in all the world.
9. For God, whom I serve with my spirit in telling the good news about His Son, is my witness that I constantly mention you,
10. always asking in my prayers that if it is somehow in God’s will, I may now at last succeed in coming to you.
11. For I want very much to see you, so I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
12. that is, to be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.
13. Now I want you to know, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but was prevented until now ) in order that I might have a fruitful ministry among you, just as among the rest of the Gentiles.
14. I am obligated both to Greeks and barbarians, both to the wise and the foolish.
15. So I am eager to preach the good news to you also who are in Rome.
16. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.
17. For in it God’s righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.
18. For God’s wrath is revealed from heaven against all godlessness and unrighteousness of people who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth,
19. since what can be known about God is evident among them, because God has shown it to them.