Romans 1:16-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ [^LFor] I am not ashamed of the ·Good News [Gospel], because it is the power God uses to save everyone who believes—to save the Jews first, and then to save ·Gentiles [^Lthe Greeks; ^Chere meaning anyone who is not Jewish; contrast v. 14]. ¹⁷ The ·Good News [Gospel] shows ·how God makes people right with himself [or God’s righteous character; ^Lthe righteousness of/from God]—·that it begins and ends with faith [or that advances from one believing person to the next; or that begins with God’s faithfulness and results in people’s faith; ^Lfrom faith to faith]. As the Scripture says, “But ·those who are right with God will live by faith [or those made righteous through faith will live (eternally); Hab. 2:4].”

All People Have Sinned

¹⁸ [^LFor] God’s ·anger [wrath; retribution] is ·shown [being revealed] from heaven against all the ·evil [ungodly] and ·wrong [wicked; unrighteous] things people do. By their ·own evil lives [wickedness; unrighteousness] they ·hide [suppress] the truth.