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Romans 1:16-17 KJV
Romans · chapter 1 · verses 16–17
16For 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. 17For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.Romans 1:16-17 · King James Version
Romans 1:16-17 in context
14I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
15So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
16For 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.
17For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
Commentary
Cross references
- Mark 8:38
- 2 Timothy 1:8
- 1 Peter 4:16
- 2 Timothy 1:12
- Psalms 40:9-10
- Luke 9:26
- 1 Thessalonians 1:5-6
- 2 Corinthians 4:4
- Habakkuk 2:4
- Galatians 3:11
- Hebrews 10:38
- Philippians 3:9
Key words (Strong's)
- righteousnessdikaiosynēin a broad sense state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition…G1343 →
- salvationsōtēriadeliverance, preservation, safety, salvation, deliverance from the molestation of…G4991 →
- believethpisteuōto think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in, of the thing…G4100 →
- revealedapokalyptōto uncover, lay open what has been veiled or covered up, disclose, make bare, to make…G601 →
- ashamedepaischynomaito be ashamedG1870 →
- thereinenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- thereinautoshimself, herself, themselves, itself, he, she, it, the sameG846 →
- writtengraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
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Paul here enters upon a large discourse of justification, in the latter part of this chapter laying down his thesis, and, in order to the proof of it, describing the deplorable condition of the Gentile world.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-18