Romans 1:1-7 - Greeting

¹ From: Paul, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, called to be an apostle and set apart for God's gospel, ² which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures ³ regarding his Son. He was a descendant of David with respect to his humanity ⁴ and was declared by the resurrection from the dead to be the powerful Son of God according to the spirit of holiness Jesus the Messiah, our Lord. ⁵ Through him we received grace and a commission as an apostle to bring about faithful obedience among all the gentiles for the sake of his name. ⁶ You, too, are among those who have been called to belong to Jesus the Messiah.

⁷ To: Everyone in Rome, loved by God and called to be holy. May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!

¹ From: Paul, called to be an apostle of the Messiah Jesus by the will of God, and from our brother Sosthenes.

² To: God's church in Corinth, to those who have been sanctified by the Messiah Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah their Lord and ours.

³ May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!

¹ From: Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother. To: God's church in Corinth, and to all the holy people throughout Achaia. ² May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!

¹ From: Paul an apostle not sent from men or by a man, but by Jesus the Messiah, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead ² and all the brothers who are with me. To: The churches in Galatia.

³ May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours! ⁴ He gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father. ⁵ To him be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

¹ From: Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Jesus by God's will. To: His holy and faithful people in Ephesus who are in union with the Messiah Jesus.

² May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!

¹ From: Paul and Timothy, servants of the Messiah Jesus. To: All the holy ones in Philippi, along with their overseers and ministers, who are in union with the Messiah Jesus.

² May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!

¹ From: Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother.

² To: The holy and faithful brothers in Colossae who are in union with the Messiah. May grace and peace from God our Father be yours!

¹ From: Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy. To: The church of the Thessalonians in union with God the Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah. May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!

¹ From: Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy. To: The church of the Thessalonians in union with God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah.

² May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!

¹ From: Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Jesus, by the command of God our Savior and the Messiah Jesus, our hope.

² To: Timothy, my genuine child in the faith. May grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Messiah Jesus, our Lord, be yours!

¹ From: Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Jesus by God's will in keeping with the promise of life that is in the Messiah Jesus.

² To: Timothy, my dear child. May grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Messiah Jesus our Lord be yours!

¹ From: Paul, a servant of God, and also an apostle of Jesus the Messiah, to bring the faith to those chosen by God, along with full knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness, ² which is based on the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began. ³ At the right time he revealed his message through the proclamation that was entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

⁴ To: Titus, a genuine child in the faith that we share. May grace and peace from God the Father and the Messiah, Jesus our Savior, be yours!

¹ From: James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus, the Messiah. To: The twelve tribes in the Dispersion. Greetings.

¹ From: Peter, an apostle of Jesus, the Messiah. ² To: The exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, the people chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father through the sanctifying action of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus, the Messiah, and to be sprinkled with his blood. May grace and peace be yours in abundance!

¹ From: Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus, the Messiah. To: Those who have received faith that is as valuable as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus the Messiah. ² May grace and peace be yours in abundance through full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord!

³ His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the full knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence. ⁴ Through these he has given us his precious and wonderful promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, seeing that you have escaped the corruption that is in the world caused by evil desires. ⁵ For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge, ⁶ your knowledge with self-control, your self-control with endurance, your endurance with godliness, ⁷ your godliness with brotherly kindness, and your brotherly kindness with love.