"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to …" — Romans 1:16

Romans 1:16 · KJV

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”

— Romans 1:16

Verse 15

So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

Verse 17

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

Romans 1 — Context

I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

Cross References

2 Timothy 1:8

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

1 Peter 4:16

Yet if {any man suffer} as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

2 Timothy 1:12

For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. {believed: or, trusted}

Psalms 40:9-10

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

Luke 9:26

For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and {in his} Father's, and of the holy angels.

1 Thessalonians 1:5-6

For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

Romans 10:17

So then faith {cometh} by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.