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3-4 The Good News is about God’s Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. As a human, he was born from the family of David, but through the Holy Spirit[a] he was shown to be God’s powerful Son when he was raised from death.

Through Christ, God gave me the special work of an apostle—to lead people of all nations to believe and obey him. I do all this to honor Christ.

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  1. Romans 1:3 Holy Spirit Literally, “spirit of holiness.”

regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life[a](A) was a descendant of David,(B) and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power[b](C) by his resurrection from the dead:(D) Jesus Christ our Lord.(E) Through him we received grace(F) and apostleship to call all the Gentiles(G) to the obedience that comes from[c] faith(H) for his name’s sake.

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  1. Romans 1:3 Or who according to the flesh
  2. Romans 1:4 Or was declared with power to be the Son of God
  3. Romans 1:5 Or that is