Romans 1:1

Greeting

¹ Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called as an apostle, set apart to declare God's good news, ² which he promised long ago through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

Called to Be an Apostle

Christ Jesus

From God

Good News

Gospel of God

Jesus Christ

Preach the Gospel

Servant of Christ

Servant of Jesus Christ

Set Apart

O God

Christ

David

Jesus

Messiah

Paul

Rome

Acts 9:15

The Lord said to him, "Go! This man is the means I have chosen for carrying my name among the heathen and their kings, and among the descendants of Israel.

Romans 15:16

in making me a minister of Christ Jesus among the heathen, to act as a priest of God's good news, to see that the heathen are an acceptable sacrifice, consecrated by the holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 1:1

Paul, by the will of God called as an apostle of Jesus Christ, and our brother Sosthenes,

Romans 1:9

As God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in spreading the good news of his Son, I never fail to mention you when I pray,

1 Corinthians 9:1

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the product of my work in the Lord's service?

2 Corinthians 1:1

Paul, by God's will an apostle of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is at Corinth, and all God's people all over Greece;

Titus 1:1

Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to arouse faith in those whom God has chosen, and the comprehension of religious truth,

Acts 13:2-4

As they were engaged in worshiping the Lord and in fasting, the holy Spirit said, "Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me, for the work to which I have called them."

Hebrews 5:4

And no one takes the office upon himself, but men assume it only when called to it by God, as Aaron was.

Mark 16:15-16

And he said to them, "Go to the whole world and proclaim the good news to all the creation.

Luke 2:10-11

The angel said to them, "Do not be frightened, for I bring you good news of a great joy that is to be felt by all the people,

John 12:26

If anyone serves me, he must follow me, and wherever I am found, my servant must be also. If anyone serves me, my Father will show him honor.

John 13:14-16

If I then, your Master and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet too.

John 15:15

I do not call you slaves any longer, for a slave does not know what his master is doing, but now I call you friends, for I have made known to you everything that I have learned from my Father.

Acts 13:9

But Saul, who was also called Paul, was filled with the holy Spirit, and looked at him

Acts 20:24

But my life does not matter, if I can only finish my race and do the service intrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of declaring the good news of God's favor.

Acts 21:40

He gave him permission, and Paul standing on the steps made a gesture to the people, and when they had become quiet he spoke to them in Hebrew.

Acts 22:7

and I fell upon the ground and heard a voice say to me, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?'

Acts 22:13-15

came to see me, and standing by my side, said to me, 'Saul, my brother, regain your sight!' Then instantly I regained my sight and looked at him,

Acts 22:21

But he said to me, 'Go! I will send you far away to the heathen.' "

Acts 26:1

Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You are at liberty to speak in your own defense." So Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense.

Acts 26:14

We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me? You cannot kick against the goad!'

Acts 26:16-18

But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for the express purpose of appointing you to serve me and to testify to what you have seen and to the visions you will have of me.

Acts 27:23

For last night an angel of the God I belong to and serve stood before me,

Romans 1:5

through whom we have received God's favor and been commissioned in his name to urge obedience and faith upon all the heathen,

Romans 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the good news, for it is God's power for the salvation of everyone who has faith, of the Jew first and then of the Greek.

Romans 11:13

But it is to you who are of the heathen that I am speaking. So far then as I am an apostle to the heathen, I make the most of my ministry,

Romans 15:29

and I know that when I do come to see you, I will come with Christ's fullest blessing.

Romans 16:18

Such men are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own base passions, and with their plausible and flattering talk they deceive simple-minded people.

Romans 16:25

To him who can make you strong by the good news I bring and the preaching about Jesus Christ, through the disclosure of the secret kept back for long ages but now revealed,

1 Corinthians 9:16-18

As far as preaching the good news is concerned, that is nothing for me to boast of, for I cannot help doing it. For I am ruined if I do not preach.

1 Corinthians 15:8-10

and finally he was seen by me also, as though I were born at the wrong time.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For it is not myself but Christ Jesus that I am proclaiming as Lord; I am only a slave of yours for Jesus' sake.

2 Corinthians 11:5

For I think that I am not in the least inferior to these superfine apostles of yours.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have been making a fool of myself, but you forced me to do it, when you ought to have been expressing your approval of me. For I am not a bit inferior to your superfine apostles, even if I am nobody!

Galatians 1:1

Paul, an apostle not from men nor sent by any man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead??2 and all the brothers who are here with me, to the churches of Galatia;

Galatians 1:10-17

Is that appealing to men's weaknesses, or to God? Is that trying to suit men? If I were still doing that, I would be no slave of Christ.

Ephesians 1:1

Paul, by God's will an apostle of Christ Jesus, to God's people who are steadfast in Christ Jesus;

Ephesians 1:13

You also have heard the message of the truth, the good news of your salvation, and believed in him, and through union with him you have been marked with the seal of the holy Spirit that was promised,

Ephesians 3:5-7

(which in past ages was not disclosed to mankind as fully as it has now been revealed through the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets)

Ephesians 4:11

And he has given us some men as apostles, some as prophets, some as missionaries, some as pastors and teachers,

Philippians 1:1

Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the devoted adherents of Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the superintendents and assistants;

Philippians 2:11

and everyone should acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord, and thus glorify God the Father.

Philippians 3:6-7

as to my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church; and by the Law's standard of uprightness, no fault could be found with me.

Colossians 1:1

Paul, by God's will an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Timothy,

1 Thessalonians 2:2

We had just been through ill-treatment and insults at Philippi, as you remember, but, in the face of great opposition, we took courage by the help of our God, and told you God's good news.

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

We always have to thank God for you, brothers whom the Lord so loves, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved through consecration by the Spirit and through faith in the truth,

1 Timothy 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by order of God our Savior and of Jesus Christ our hope,

1 Timothy 1:11-12

as set forth in the glorious good news of the blessed God with which I have been intrusted.

1 Timothy 1:15-16

It is a trustworthy saying, entitled to the fullest acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost of them,

1 Timothy 2:7

and I was appointed a herald and apostle of it?? am telling the truth, I am not lying??o teach the heathen faith and truth.

2 Timothy 1:11

of which I have been appointed a herald, apostle and teacher.

Hebrews 7:26

Such a high priest we needed??odly, blameless, unstained, removed from sinful men and raised above the very heavens;

James 1:1

James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends greeting to the twelve tribes that are scattered over the world.

2 Peter 1:1

Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the uprightness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have been given a faith as privileged as ours;

Jude 1:1

Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ, and the brother of James, to those who have been called, who are dear to God the Father and have been kept through union with Jesus Christ;

Revelation 1:1

A revelation made by Jesus Christ which God gave him to disclose to his slaves of what must very soon happen. He sent and communicated it by his angel to his slave John,

Revelation 22:6

"These words are trustworthy and true," he said to me; "For the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to show his slaves what must happen very soon.

Revelation 22:9

But he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers the prophets and the men who heed the words of this book. Worship God!

John 15:20

Remember what I said to you: No slave is greater than his master. If they have persecuted me they will persecute you too. If they have observed my teaching, they will observe yours too.

Colossians 1:25

In it, by divine appointment, I became a worker, that I might preach among you the message of God in its fulness??26 that secret, hidden from the ages and generations, but now disclosed to those who are consecrated to him,