28 Bible Verses about Rome

After this ended Paul was directed in the spirit to go to Jerusalem after he passed through Macedonia and Achaia. He said: After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

I want you to know, brothers, that I was often determined to come to you, but was hindered until now, that I might have some fruit among you as well as the rest of the nations. I am a debtor both to the Greeks, and to the barbarians, both to the wise, and to the unwise. I am ready to preach the good news to you in Rome also.

I have no more places to go in these parts, and have a great desire these many years to come to you. When I take my journey to Spain, I will come to you. I trust to see you in my journey, and to be escorted on my way by you, after I have been satisfied with your company. Now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the holy ones.read more.
It pleased those of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor holy ones in Jerusalem. It pleased them to do so and they are debtors for this. If the nations have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in physical things. After I have performed this and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come to you in Spain. I am sure that, when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the good news of Christ.

The following night the Lord stood by him and said: Be of good courage, Paul, for just as you testified about me in Jerusalem, so you also must bear witness at Rome.

I stand at Caesar's court, Paul replied, where I ought to be judged. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you are finding out. If I am a wrongdoer, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if charges brought against me by the Jews are not true no man has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar. Then Festus conferred with his council and answered: Have you appealed to Caesar? To Caesar you shall go.

When it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and other prisoners to a man named Julius, a centurion of the band of Augustus. We entered a ship at Adramyttium and set sail. We intended to sail by the coasts of Asia. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica was with us.

We came across some of the brothers, who kept us with them for seven days; and so we arrived at Rome. When the brothers had news for us they came out from town as far as Appius Forum (Market place on the Appian Road) and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us. Paul saw them and praised God. He was encouraged. When we arrived at Rome they allowed Paul to have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.

Paul rented a place to live for two full years and welcomed everyone who came to him. He spread the message about God's Kingdom and taught boldly about the Lord Jesus Christ. And no one stopped him!

So they set a date with Paul. A large number of them came that day to the place where Paul was staying. From morning till night he explained his message about the Kingdom of God to them. He tried to convince them about Jesus by quoting from the Law of Moses and the writings of the prophets. Some of them were convinced by his words, but others did not believe.

I would have you know, brothers that the things that happened to me turned out for the greater progress of the good news. My imprisonment in Christ became known throughout the whole Praetorian Guard, and to all brothers.

I have no more places to go in these parts, and have a great desire these many years to come to you. When I take my journey to Spain, I will come to you. I trust to see you in my journey, and to be escorted on my way by you, after I have been satisfied with your company.

When the brothers had news for us they came out from town as far as Appius Forum (Market place on the Appian Road) and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us. Paul saw them and praised God. He was encouraged.

First, I thank my God for all of you through Jesus Christ, for your faith is reported throughout the whole world.

Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus. They have risked their own necks for my life. I not only thank them but also the congregations of the nations give thanks. Likewise greet the congregation that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved Epaenetus, who is of the first fruits (converts) of Asia to Christ.read more.
Greet Mary for she labored much to help us. Greet Andronicus and Junia. They are my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners who are well known among the apostles. They were in Christ before me. Greet Ampliatus my beloved in the Lord. Greet Urbane for he is our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them that are of Aristobulus' household. Greet my relative Herodion. Greet those who are of the household of Narcissus, for they are in the Lord. Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, who labored much in the Lord. Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brothers that are with them. Greet Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the holy ones with them. Greet one another with a holy kiss. The congregations of Christ greet you.

I am not ashamed of the good news; for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who exerts active faith (believes), to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. It reveals the righteousness of God from faith-to-faith for it is written: The righteous shall live by faith.

For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God

The Scriptures say: There is no one who is righteous,

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift from God is everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

God makes people righteous through their active faith in Jesus Christ. God does this to all who believe in Christ, because there is no difference at all.

I am not ashamed of the good news; for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who exerts active faith (believes), to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

We are justified (acquitted) (made righteous) by faith. And we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We have access to grace (God's favor) by faith through him. This is where we stand. We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was counted to him. It is also for our sake, to whom it shall be counted, who believe in him that raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification (acquittal).

But God demonstrates (commends) his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more, now justified by his blood, we will be saved from the wrath of God through him. While we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son. Being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

The scripture says: No one believing on him shall be disappointed. (Isaiah 28:16) For there is no difference between Jew and Greek. The same Lord (God) of all is abounding in riches for all who call on him. Everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved. (Joel 2:32)

One of the seven angels who had one of the seven bowls spoke to me. He said: Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me away in spirit to the wilderness. I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-colored beast. The beast was full of names of blasphemy. It had seven heads and ten horns.read more.
The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet. She was adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She had a golden cup in her hand. It was full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. A name was written on her forehead, a mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth. I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the holy ones, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her I wondered greatly. The angel said: Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns. The beast that you saw was, and is not. It will ascend out of the pit and go into destruction. They who dwell on the earth will wonder, those whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. Here is where the mind that has wisdom comes in. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. There are seven kings: five have fallen, and one is, and the other has not yet come. When he comes he must remain a short while. The beast that was, and is not, he is the eighth king, and is from the seven, and goes into destruction. The ten horns that you saw are ten kings. They have not yet received a kingdom. But they receive power (authority) (influence) as kings for one hour with the beast. They are united in one purpose (single-minded), and they will give their power and authority to the beast. They will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome (conquer) them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings. Those who are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. He says to me: The waters that you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, and crowds, and nations, and languages. The ten horns that you saw on the beast will hate the harlot, and will make her desolate and naked. They will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. For God put in their hearts the desire to carry out his purpose, and to agree, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. The woman you saw is that great city that reigns over the kings of the earth.

Another angel followed, saying: Babylon the great has fallen. She has fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. God remembered Babylon the Great. He gave her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his anger (wrath).

After these things I saw another angel come down from heaven. He had great authority. The earth was illuminated with his glory. He cried out with a strong voice: Babylon the Great has fallen, she has fallen! She has become the habitation of demons, and a haunt for every unclean spirit. She is a prison for every unclean and hateful bird. All nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication (immorality). The kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are very rich through the abundance of her luxury.read more.
I heard another voice from heaven, say: Come out of her, my people, that you do not partake of her sins, and that you do not receive her plagues! For her sins have reached up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. Render to her even as she rendered to you. Pay back double to her, double according to her works: in the cup that she has filled, fill double for her! To the extent she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to that extent give her much torment and sorrow. She says in her heart: 'I sit a queen, and am no widow, and I shall see no sorrow.' Therefore her plagues (literal and figurative) will overtake her in one day, death and mourning and famine; and she will be utterly burned with fire, for mighty is Jehovah God who judges her. (Jeremiah 50:34; 51:58) The kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her, when they see the smoke of her burning. They will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, and say: 'Woe, woe to the great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.' The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her. For no man buys their merchandise any more. The merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones, and of pearls, fine linen, purple and silk, scarlet, and everything in scented wood, all manner of ivory and all manner of most precious wood, of brass and iron and marble, cinnamon, odors and ointments, frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour, wheat, beasts, and sheep and horses, chariots and slaves and humans The fruits that you desired have departed from you. All things that were dainty and wonderful have departed from you. You will find them no more at all. The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, will stand far off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing. They will say: 'Woe, woe to the great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! In one hour these great riches came to nothing.' Every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood far off, and cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying: 'What city is like this great city!' They threw dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying: 'Woe, woe to the great city. All that had ships in the sea became rich by her wealth. In one hour she was made desolate.' Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God pronounced judgment for you against her. A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and hurled it into the sea. He said: With violence the great city Babylon will be thrown down, and it will not be found any longer. The sound of harp players, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, will not be heard anymore in you. No craftsman will be found in you. The sound of a millstone will not be heard in you anymore. There will no longer be the light of a candle in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you. Your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your spiritistic practice all nations were deceived. The blood of prophets, and of holy ones, and of all who were slain upon the earth was found in her.