THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, call to be an apostle

And set apart for the Gospel [Good News] of God--

The Gospel He PROMISED beforehand through His Prophets

In the Holy Scriptures regarding His Son,

Who as to His human nature was a descendant of David,

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.

Through Him and for His Name's Sake,

We received Grace and apostleship

To call people from among all the Gentiles

To OBEDIENCE that comes from Faith.

And you also are among those

Who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

Grace and peace to you from God our father

And from the Lord Jesus Christ.

First, I thank my God thorough Jesus Christ for all of you,

Because your Faith is being reported all over the World.

God, Whom I serve with my whole heart

In preaching the Gospel of His Son,

Is my witness how constantly I remember you in my prayers at all times;

And I pray that now at last by God's will

The way may be opened fro me to come to you.

I long to see you so

That I may impart to you some Spiritual Gift

To make you strong—

That is, that you and I may be mutually ENCOURAGED

By each other's Faith.

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers,

That I planned many times to come to yourselves

(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.

I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks,

Both to the wise and the foolish.

That is why I am so eager to preach the Gospel 

Also to you who are at Rome.

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.

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.' [Hab. 2:4]

(Romans 1:1-17)

The Kingdom of God is Righteousness,

Peace and Joy in the Holy Spirit.

(Romans 14:17)

This Righteousness comes from being Born Again—

Born of the Spirit of God.

It is Christ in us the Hope of Glory [Galatians 1:27];

It is Christ living in and through us.

It is walking in the Light as He, Christ is the Light.

Listen to the apostle John:

This is the message 

We have heard from Him and declare to you:

God is LIGHT; in Him there is no DARKNESS at all.

If we claim to have fellowship with Him

Yet walk in the DARKNESS,

We LIE and do not live by the TRUTH.

But if we walk in the LIGHT as He is in the LIGHT,

We have fellowship with one another,

And the blood of Jesus, His Son, Purifies us from all Sin.

If we claim to be without Sin,

We DECEIVE ourselves and the TRUTH is not in us.

If we confess our Sins,

He is faithful and just and will forgive us our Sins

And Purify us from all UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.

If we claim we have not Sinned,

We make Him out to be a LIAR

And His Word has no place in our lives.

(1 John 1:1-10)