Romans 1:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 but established as Son of God in power according to the spirit of holiness through resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.(A) 5 [a]Through him we have received the grace of apostleship, to bring about the obedience of faith, for the sake of his name, among all the Gentiles,(B) 6 among whom are you also, who are called to belong to Jesus Christ;(C)
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- 1:5 Paul recalls his apostolic office, implying that the Romans know something of his history. The obedience of faith: as Paul will show at length in chaps. 6–8 and 12–15, faith in God’s justifying action in Jesus Christ relates one to God’s gift of the new life that is made possible through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and the activity of the holy Spirit (see especially Rom 8:1–11).
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