I am not ashamed of the Gospel (Best News Ever) of Christ, for i is God’s power working unto salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek, For in the Gospel (Best News Ever) a righteousness which God ascribes is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith.
As it is written, The man who through faith is just and upright shall live by faith.
Always carrying about in the body the exposure to the same putting to death that the Lord Jesus suffered, so that the resurrection Life of Jesus may be shown forth by and in our bodies.
Just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the glad tidings (Best News Ever), so we speak not to please people but to please God,
Who tests our hearts.
And Peter opened his mouth and said: Most certainly and thoroughly I now perceive and understand that God shows no partiality and is no respecter of persons,
But in every nation he who venerates and has a reverential fear of God, treating Him with worshipful obedience and living uprightly, is acceptable to Him and sure of being received and welcomed by Him.
You know the contents of the message which He sent to Israel, announcing the good news (BEST NEWS EVER) of peace by Jesus Christ, Who is Lord of all-
When you read this you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ
In Him and through faith in Him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation (Best News Ever).
Having believed, you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, Who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession- to the praise of His glory.
I am not ashamed of the gospel (Best News Ever), because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For in the gospel (Best News Ever) a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
This is the gospel (Best News Ever) that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.