Romans 1:16

Contemporary English Version 1995

I am proud of the good news! It is God's powerful way of saving all people who have faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles.

Cross References

Mark 8:38

Don't be ashamed of me and my message among these unfaithful and sinful people! If you are, the Son of Man will be ashamed of you when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

2 Timothy 1:8

Don't be ashamed to speak for our Lord. And don't be ashamed of me, just because I am in jail for serving him. Use the power that comes from God and join with me in suffering for telling the good news.

1 Peter 4:16

Don't be ashamed to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God that you belong to him.

2 Timothy 1:12

This is why I am suffering now. But I am not ashamed! I know the one I have faith in, and I am sure he can guard until the last day what he has trusted me with.

Luke 9:26

If you are ashamed of me and my message, the Son of Man will be ashamed of you when he comes in his glory and in the glory of his Father and the holy angels.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god who rules this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers. They cannot see the light, which is the good news about our glorious Christ, who shows what God is like.

1 Corinthians 2:4

When I talked with you or preached, I didn't try to prove anything by sounding wise. I simply let God's Spirit show his power.

1 Corinthians 2:2

In fact, while I was with you, I made up my mind to speak only about Jesus Christ, who had been nailed to a cross.

Romans 10:17

No one can have faith without hearing the message about Christ.

Hebrews 4:12

God's word is alive and powerful! It is sharper than any double-edged sword. His word can cut through our spirits and souls and through our joints and marrow, until it discovers the desires and thoughts of our hearts.

1 Corinthians 15:2

You will be saved by this message, if you hold firmly to it. But if you don't, your faith was all for nothing.

Jeremiah 23:29

My words are a powerful fire; they are a hammer that shatters rocks.

Galatians 1:7

when there is really only one true message. But some people are causing you trouble and want to make you turn away from the good news about Christ.

Romans 2:9

All who are wicked will be punished with trouble and suffering. It doesn't matter if they are Jews or Gentiles.

Acts 3:26

God sent his chosen Son to you first, because God wanted to bless you and make each one of you turn away from your sins.

Psalm 119:46

and I trust them so much that I tell them to kings.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

We always thank God that you believed the message we preached. It came from him, and it isn't something made up by humans. You accepted it as God's message, and now he is working in you.

Isaiah 53:1

Has anyone believed us or seen the mighty power of the Lord in action?

1 Timothy 1:11

of the good news the glorious and wonderful God has given me.

2 Corinthians 9:13

The way in which you have proved yourselves by this service will bring honor and praise to God. You believed the message about Christ, and you obeyed it by sharing generously with God's people and with everyone else.

2 Corinthians 2:12

When I went to Troas to preach the good news about Christ, I found that the Lord had already prepared the way.

1 Corinthians 9:18

What pay am I given? It is the chance to preach the good news free of charge and not to use the privileges that are mine because I am a preacher.

1 Corinthians 9:12

If others have the right to do this, we have an even greater right. But we haven't used this right of ours. We are willing to put up with anything to keep from causing trouble for the message about Christ.

Romans 15:29

And when I do arrive in Rome, I know it will be with the full blessings of Christ.

Romans 15:19

Indeed, I will tell how Christ worked miracles and wonders by the power of the Holy Spirit. I have preached the good news about him all the way from Jerusalem to Illyricum.

2 Timothy 1:16

I pray that the Lord will be kind to the family of Onesiphorus. He often cheered me up and wasn't ashamed of me when I was put in jail.

Romans 4:11

Abraham let himself be circumcised to show he had been accepted because of his faith even before he was circumcised. This makes Abraham the father of all who are acceptable to God because of their faith, even though they are not circumcised.

Psalm 110:2

The Lord will let your power reach out from Zion, and you will rule over your enemies.

John 7:35

The people asked each other, “Where can he go to keep us from finding him? Is he going to some foreign country where our people live? Is he going there to teach the Greeks?