Romans 1:16

New International Reader's Version

I want to preach it because I’m not ashamed of the good news. It is God’s power to save everyone who believes. It is meant first for the Jews. It is meant also for the Gentiles.

Cross References

Psalm 110:2

The Lord will make your royal authority spread out from Zion to other lands. He says, “Rule over your enemies who are all around you.”

Psalm 119:46

I will talk about your covenant laws to kings. I will not be put to shame.

Isaiah 53:1

Who has believed what we’ve been saying? Who has seen the Lord’s saving power?

Jeremiah 23:29

“My message is like fire,” announces the Lord. “It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces.

Mark 8:38

Suppose anyone is ashamed of me and my words among these adulterous and sinful people. Then the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”

Luke 9:26

Suppose someone is ashamed of me and my words. The Son of Man will come in his glory and in the glory of the Father and the holy angels. Then he will be ashamed of that person.

John 7:35

The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man plan to go? Does he think we can’t find him? Will he go where our people live scattered among the Greeks? Will he go there to teach the Greeks?

Acts 3:26

God raised up Jesus, who serves him. God sent him first to you. He did it to bless you. He wanted to turn each of you from your evil ways.”

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing the message. And the message that is heard is the message about Christ.

Romans 15:19

He has given me power to do signs and wonders. I can do these things by the power of the Spirit of God. From Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum I have finished preaching. In those places, I preached the good news about Christ.

Romans 15:29

I know that when I come to you, I will come with the full blessing of Christ.

Romans 2:9

There will be trouble and suffering for everyone who does evil. That is meant first for the Jews. It is also meant for the Gentiles.

Romans 4:11

He was circumcised as a sign of the covenant God had made with him. It showed that his faith had made him right with God before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the father of all believers who have not been circumcised. God accepts their faith. So their faith makes them right with him.

1 Corinthians 15:2

Because you believed the good news, you are saved. But you must hold firmly to the message I preached to you. If you don’t, you have believed it for nothing.

1 Corinthians 2:2

My goal while I was with you was to talk about only one thing. And that was Jesus Christ and his death on the cross.

1 Corinthians 2:4

I didn’t preach my message with clever and compelling words. Instead, my preaching showed the Holy Spirit’s power.

1 Corinthians 9:12

Others have the right to receive help from you. Don’t we have even more right to do so? But we didn’t use that right. No, we have put up with everything. We didn’t want to keep the good news of Christ from spreading.

1 Corinthians 9:18

Then what reward do I get? Here is what it is. I am able to preach the good news free of charge. And I can do this without using all my rights as a person who preaches the good news.

2 Corinthians 2:12

I went to Troas to preach the good news about Christ. There I found that the Lord had opened a door of opportunity for me.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god of this world has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They can’t see the light of the good news that makes Christ’s glory clear. Christ is the likeness of God.

2 Corinthians 9:13

You have shown yourselves to be worthy by what you have given. So other people will praise God because you obey him. That proves that you really believe the good news about Christ. They will also praise God because you share freely with them and with everyone else.

Galatians 1:7

What you are accepting is really not the good news at all. It seems that some people have gotten you all mixed up. They are trying to twist the good news about Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

We never stop thanking God for the way you received his word. You heard it from us. But you didn’t accept it as a human word. You accepted it for what it really is. It is God’s word. It is really at work in you who believe.

1 Timothy 1:11

True teaching agrees with the good news about the glory of the blessed God. He trusted me with that good news.

2 Timothy 1:12

That’s why I’m suffering the way I am. But this gives me no reason to be ashamed. That’s because I know who I have believed in. I am sure he is able to take care of what I have given him. I can trust him with it until the day he returns as judge.

2 Timothy 1:16

May the Lord show mercy to all who live in the house of Onesiphorus. He often encouraged me. He was not ashamed that I was being held by chains.

2 Timothy 1:8

So don’t be ashamed of the message about our Lord. And don’t be ashamed of me, his prisoner. Instead, join with me as I suffer for the good news. God’s power will help us do that.

Hebrews 4:12

The word of God is alive and active. It is sharper than any sword that has two edges. It cuts deep enough to separate soul from spirit. It can separate bones from joints. It judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart.

1 Peter 4:16

But suppose you suffer for being a Christian. Then don’t be ashamed. Instead, praise God because you are known by the name of Christ.