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the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures
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and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith for his name’s sake.
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Paul’s Longing to Visit Rome
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.
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I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong—
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For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
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To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.
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But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.
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This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.
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there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.
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Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
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Righteousness Through Faith
But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.
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This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile,
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and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
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God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—
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since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
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It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
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Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
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Peace and Hope
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.
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And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
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You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
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Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!
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For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!
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Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
