1. From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus. God called me to be an apostle and chose me to tell the Good News.
2. God promised this Good News long ago through his prophets. That promise is written in the Holy Scriptures.
3-4. The Good News is about God’s Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. As a man, he was born from the family of David. But through the Spirit of holiness he was declared to be God’s Son with great power by rising from death.
5. Through Christ, God gave me the special work of an apostle. This was to lead people of all nations to believe and obey. I do this work for Christ.
6. And you who are in Rome are also called to belong to Jesus Christ.
7. This letter is to all of you in Rome whom God loves and has called to be his holy people.May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ show you kindness and give you peace.
8. First I want to say that I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you. I thank God because people everywhere in the world are talking about your great faith.
9-10. God knows that every time I pray I always mention you. God is the One I serve with my whole heart by telling the Good News about his Son. I pray that I will be allowed to come to you, and this will happen if God wants it.
11. I want very much to see you, to give you some spiritual gift to make you strong.
12. I mean that I want us to help each other with the faith that we have. Your faith will help me, and my faith will help you.
13. Brothers, I want you to know that I planned many times to come to you. But this has not been possible. I wanted to come so that I could help you grow spiritually. I wanted to help you as I have helped the other non-Jewish people.