Act 2:22-24, 17:31, Rom 1, Rom 4, 1Cor 15:14, 1Ti 3:16 | ESV | STEP | Men of Israel , hear these words : Jesus of Nazareth , a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst , as you yourselves know

22 “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, ^aa man attested to you by God ^bwith ^cmighty works and wonders and signs that ^dGod did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know— 23 this Jesus, ^{▼▼Greek this one} ^fdelivered up according to ^gthe definite plan and ^hforeknowledge of God, ⁱyou crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. 24 ^jGod raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because ^kit was not possible for him to be held by it.

Acts 17:31

31 because he has fixed ^la day on which ^mhe will judge the world ⁿin righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and ^oof this he has given assurance to all ^pby raising him from the dead.”

Romans 1

Greeting

1 Paul, ^qa servant ^{▼▼Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)} of Christ Jesus, ^scalled to be an apostle, ^tset apart for the gospel of God, 2 which ^uhe promised beforehand ^vthrough his prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3 concerning his Son, ^wwho was descended from David ^{▼▼Or who came from the offspring of David} ^yaccording to the flesh 4 and ^zwas declared to be the Son of God ^aain power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom ^abwe have received grace and ^acapostleship ^adto bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name ^aeamong all the nations, 6 including you who are ^afcalled to belong to Jesus Christ,

7 To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints:

^agGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Longing to Go to Rome

8 First, ^ahI thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, ^aibecause your faith is proclaimed in all the world. 9 ^ajFor God is my witness, ^akwhom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, ^althat without ceasing I mention you 10 always in my prayers, asking that somehow ^amby God’s will I may now at last succeed in coming to you. 11 For ^anI long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— 12 that is, that we may be mutually encouraged ^aoby each other’s faith, both yours and mine. 13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church} that ^aqI have often intended to come to you (but ^arthus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some ^asharvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles. 14 ^atI am under obligation both to Greeks and to ^aubarbarians, ^{▼▼That is, non-Greeks} both to the wise and to the foolish. 15 So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

16 For ^awI am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is ^axthe power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew ^ayfirst and also to ^azthe Greek. 17 For in it ^bathe righteousness of God is revealed ^bbfrom faith for faith, ^{▼▼Or beginning and ending in faith} ^bdas it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” ^{▼▼Or The one who by faith is righteous shall live}

God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness

18 For ^bfthe wrath of God ^bgis revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be ^bhknown about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, ^bihave been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, ^{▼▼Or clearly perceived from the creation of the world} in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they ^bkbecame futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 ^blClaiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and ^bmexchanged the glory of ^bnthe immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

24 Therefore ^boGod gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to ^bpthe dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for ^bqa lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, ^brwho is blessed forever! Amen.

26 For this reason ^bsGod gave them up to ^btdishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, ^bumen committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, ^bvGod gave them up to ^bwa debased mind to do ^bxwhat ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know ^byGod’s righteous decree that those who practice such things ^bzdeserve to die, they not only do them but ^cagive approval to those who practice them.

Romans 4

Abraham Justified by Faith

1 What then shall we say was gained by ^{▼▼Some manuscripts say about} Abraham, ^ccour forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but ^cdnot before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? ^ce“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” 4 Now ^cfto the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. 5 And to the one who does not work but ^cgbelieves in ^{▼▼Or but trusts; compare verse 24} him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:

7 ^ci“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered;
8 blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not ^cjcount his sin.”
9 Is this blessing then only for ^ckthe circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? ^clFor we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness. 10 How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. 11 ^cmHe received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was ^cnto make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, 12 and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

The Promise Realized Through Faith

13 For ^cothe promise to Abraham and his offspring ^cpthat he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. 14 ^cqFor if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. 15 For ^crthe law brings wrath, but ^cswhere there is no law ^ctthere is no transgression.

16 That is why it depends on faith, ^cuin order that the promise may rest on grace and ^cvbe guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, ^cwwho is the father of us all, 17 as it is written, ^cx“I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, ^cywho gives life to the dead and calls into existence ^czthe things that do not exist. 18 In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, ^da“So shall your offspring be.” 19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was ^dbas good as dead ( ^dcsince he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered ^ddthe barrenness ^{▼▼Greek deadness} of Sarah’s womb. 20 No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21 fully convinced that ^dfGod was able to do what he had promised. 22 That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” 23 But ^dgthe words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, 24 but for ours also. It will be counted to us ^dhwho believe in ^dihim who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, 25 ^djwho was delivered up for our trespasses and raised ^dkfor our justification.

1 Corinthians 15:14

14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.

1 Timothy 3:16

16 Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:

^dlHe ^{▼▼Greek Who; some manuscripts God; others Which} was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated ^{▼▼Or justified} by the Spirit, ^{▼▼Or vindicated in spirit}
^dpseen by angels,
^dqproclaimed among the nations,
^drbelieved on in the world,
^dstaken up in glory.