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I, Paul, am a devoted slave of Jesus Christ on assignment, authorized as an apostle to proclaim God's words and acts. I write this letter to all the Christians in Rome, God's friends.

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Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God--

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Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God

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This letter is from Paul, Jesus Christ's slave, chosen by God to be an apostle and sent out to preach his Good News.

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The sacred writings contain preliminary reports by the prophets

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the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures

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which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

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This Good News was promised long ago by God through his prophets in the holy Scriptures.

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on God's Son. His descent from David roots him in history;

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regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David,

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concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

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It is the Good News about his Son, Jesus, who came as a man, born into King David's royal family line.

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his unique identity as Son of God was shown by the Spirit when Jesus was raised from the dead, setting him apart as the Messiah, our Master.

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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.

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and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.

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And Jesus Christ our Lord was shown to be the Son of God when God powerfully raised him from the dead by means of the Holy Spirit.

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Through him we received both the generous gift of his life and the urgent task of passing it on to others who receive it by entering into obedient trust in Jesus.

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Through him and for his name's sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

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Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name,

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Through Christ, God has given us the privilege and authority to tell Gentiles everywhere what God has done for them, so that they will believe and obey him, bringing glory to his name.

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You are who you are through this gift and call of Jesus Christ!

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And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

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among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ;

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You are among those who have been called to belong to Jesus Christ,

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And I greet you now with all the generosity of God our Father and our Master Jesus, the Messiah.

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To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

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To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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dear friends in Rome. God loves you dearly, and he has called you to be his very own people. May grace and peace be yours from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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I thank God through Jesus for every one of you. That's first. People everywhere keep telling me about your lives of faith, and every time I hear them, I thank him.

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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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First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

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Let me say first of all that your faith in God is becoming known throughout the world. How I thank God through Jesus Christ for each one of you.

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And God, whom I so love to worship and serve by spreading the good news of his Son--the Message!-knows that every time I think of you

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God, whom I serve with my whole heart in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

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For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,

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God knows how often I pray for you. Day and night I bring you and your needs in prayer to God, whom I serve with all my heart by telling others the Good News about his Son.

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in my prayers, which is practically all the time, I ask him to clear the way for me to come and see you.

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in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God's will the way may be opened for me to come to you.

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making request if, by some means, now at last I may find a way in the will of God to come to you.

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One of the things I always pray for is the opportunity, God willing, to come at last to see you.

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The longer this waiting goes on, the deeper the ache. I so want to be there to deliver God's gift in person and watch you grow stronger right before my eyes!

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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 I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established--

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For I long to visit you so I can share a spiritual blessing with you that will help you grow strong in the Lord.

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But don't think I'm not expecting to get something out of this, too! You have as much to give me as I do to you.

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that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith.

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that is, that I may be encouraged together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

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I'm eager to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours. In this way, each of us will be a blessing to the other.

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Please don't misinterpret my failure to visit you, friends. You have no idea how many times I've made plans for Rome. I've been determined to get some personal enjoyment out of God's work among you, as I have in so many other non-Jewish towns and communities. But something has always come up and prevented it.

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I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

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Now I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to come to you (but was hindered until now), that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the other Gentiles.

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I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters, that I planned many times to visit you, but I was prevented until now. I want to work among you and see good results, just as I have done among other Gentiles.

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Everyone I meet--it matters little whether they're mannered or rude, smart or simple--deepens my sense of interdependence and obligation.

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I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

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I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise.

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For I have a great sense of obligation to people in our culture and to people in other cultures, to the educated and uneducated alike.

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And that's why I can't wait to get to you in Rome, preaching this wonderful good news of God.

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That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are at Rome.

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So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.

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So I am eager to come to you in Rome, too, to preach God's Good News.

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It's news I'm most proud to proclaim, this extraordinary Message of God's powerful plan to rescue everyone who trusts him, starting with Jews and then right on to everyone else!

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I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.

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For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

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For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes--Jews first and also Gentiles.

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God's way of putting people right shows up in the acts of faith, confirming what Scripture has said all along: "The person in right standing before God by trusting him really lives."

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For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."

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For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."

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This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, "It is through faith that a righteous person has life."