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16 I am not ashamed of the Good News. It is the power God uses to save everyone who believes—to save the Jews first, and then to save the non-Jews. 17 The Good News shows how God makes people right with himself. God’s way of making people right with him begins and ends with faith. As the Scripture says, “The person who is made right with God by faith will live forever.”[a]

All People Have Done Wrong

18 God’s anger is shown from heaven against all the evil and wrong things that people do. By their own evil lives they hide the truth.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:17 “The person . . . forever.” Quotation from Habakkuk 2:4.

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel,(A) because it is the power of God(B) that brings salvation to everyone who believes:(C) first to the Jew,(D) then to the Gentile.(E) 17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed(F)—a righteousness that is by faith(G) from first to last,[a] just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”[b](H)

God’s Wrath Against Sinful Humanity

18 The wrath of God(I) is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 1:17 Or is from faith to faith
  2. Romans 1:17 Hab. 2:4