¹⁷ As she followed Paul and us she cried out, “These men, who are proclaiming to you^[a] the way of salvation, are the slaves of the Most High God.”

God’s Good News for Rome

1 Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle^[a](A) and singled out^(B) for God’s good news^(C)—

⁶ Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but as slaves of Christ, do God’s will^(A) from your heart.^[a]

Greeting

1 James,^(A) a slave of God^(B) and of the Lord Jesus Christ:

To the 12 tribes^(C) in the Dispersion.^[a](D)

Greetings.^(E)

¹⁶ As God’s slaves,^(A) live as free people, but don’t use your freedom as a way to conceal evil.^(B)