Romans 1:16

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I am proud of the Good News. The Good News is the power God uses to save every person that believes—to save the Jews first, and also to save the non-Jews.

Cross References

Psalm 110:2

The Lord will help your kingdom grow.\par Your kingdom will start at Zion, {\cf2\super [573]} \par and \{it will grow until\} you rule\par your enemies in their own countries!\par

Psalm 119:46

I will discuss your Agreement {\cf2\super [591]} with kings,\par and they will not embarrass me.\par

Isaiah 53:1

Who really believed the things we announced? Who really accepted the Lord’s punishment?

Jeremiah 23:29

My message is like a fire.” This message is from the Lord. “It is like a hammer that smashes a rock.

Luke 9:26

If any person is ashamed of me and my teaching, then I {\cf2\super [171]} will be ashamed of that person. I will be ashamed of that person at the time I come with my glory and with the glory of the Father and the holy angels.

John 7:35

These Jews said to each other, “Where will this man go that we cannot find him? Will he go to the Greek cities where our people live? Will he teach the Greek people there?

Acts 3:26

God has sent his special servant (Jesus). God sent him to you first. God sent Jesus to bless you. He does this by making each of you turn away from doing bad things.”

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing \{the Good News {\cf2\super [110]} \}. And people hear \{the Good News\} when a person tells them about Christ.

Romans 15:19

And they obeyed God because of the power of the miracles {\cf2\super [154]} and the great things they saw, and because of the power of God’s Spirit. I have told people the Good News {\cf2\super [155]} about Christ in every place from Jerusalem to Illyricum. {\cf2\super [156]} And so I have finished that part of my work.

Romans 15:29

I know that when I visit you, I will bring you Christ’s full blessing.

Romans 2:9

God will give trouble and suffering to every person that does evil—to the Jews first and also to the non-Jews.

Romans 4:11

Abraham was circumcised later to show that God accepted him. His circumcision was proof that he was right with God through faith before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the father of all people that believe but are not circumcised. Those people believe and are accepted like people that are right with God.

1 Corinthians 15:2

You are saved by this message. But you must continue believing the things I told you. If you don’t do that, then you believed for nothing.

1 Corinthians 2:2

I decided that while I was with you I would forget about everything except Jesus Christ and his death on the cross.

1 Corinthians 2:4

My teaching and my speaking were not with wise words that persuade people. But the proof of my teaching was the power that the Spirit {\cf2\super [13]} gives.

1 Corinthians 9:12

When you sin against your brothers and sisters in Christ like this and you hurt them by causing them to do things they feel are wrong, then you are also sinning against Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:18

So what do I get for doing this work? This is my reward: that when I tell people the Good News I can offer it to them for free. This way, I don’t use the right \{to be paid\} that I have in \{this work of telling\} the Good News.

2 Corinthians 2:12

I went to Troas to tell people the Good News {\cf2\super [6]} of Christ. The Lord gave me a good opportunity there.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The ruler {\cf2\super [17]} of this world (the devil) has blinded the minds of people who don’t believe. They cannot see the light (truth) of the Good News—the Good News about the glory of Christ. Christ is the One who is exactly like God.

2 Corinthians 9:13

This service you do is a proof \{of your faith\}. People will praise God because of this. They will praise God because you follow the gospel {\cf2\super [27]} of Christ—the gospel you say you believe. People will praise God because you freely share with them and with all people.

Galatians 1:7

There is no other message that is good news. But some people are confusing you. They want to change the Good News about Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

Also, we always thank God because of the way you accepted God’s message (teaching). You heard that message from us, and you accepted it like it was God’s words, not the words of men. And it really is God’s message (teaching). And that message works in you people who believe.

1 Timothy 1:11

That teaching is part of the Good News {\cf2\super [4]} that God gave me to tell. That glorious Good News is from the blessed God.

2 Timothy 1:12

And I suffer now because I tell that Good News. But I am not ashamed. I know the One (Jesus) that I have believed. I am sure that he is able to protect the things that he has trusted me with until that Day. {\cf2\super [8]}

2 Timothy 1:16

I pray that the Lord will show mercy to the family of Onesiphorus. Many times Onesiphorus encouraged me. He was not ashamed that I was in prison.

2 Timothy 1:8

So don’t be ashamed to tell people about our Lord \{Jesus\}. And don’t be ashamed of me—I am in prison for the Lord. But suffer with me for the Good News. {\cf2\super [5]} God gives us the strength to do that.

Hebrews 4:12

God’s word {\cf2\super [34]} (message) is alive and working. His word is sharper than the sharpest sword. God’s word cuts all the way into us \{like a sword\}. It cuts deep to the place where the soul and the spirit are joined. God’s word cuts to the center of our joints and our bones. It judges the thoughts and feelings in our hearts.

1 Peter 4:16

But if you suffer because you are a Christian, then don’t be ashamed. You should praise (thank) God for that name (Christian).