Romans 1:16

Paul is not ashamed of the gospel because it is God's saving power for everyone who believes, Jew and Gentile alike. Faith, not ethnicity, is the means of receiving salvation.

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• Mark 8:38If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
• 2 Tim 1:8So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
• 1 Pet 4:16But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.
• 2 Tim 1:12For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
• Ps 40:9–10I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
• Luke 9:26If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
• 1 Th 1:5–6because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction—just as you know we lived among you for your sake.
• Rom 10:17Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
• 2 Cor 4:4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
• 1 Cor 1:18–24For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
• 1 Cor 2:2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
• 1 Cor 2:4My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
• Jer 23:29“Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
• 1 Cor 15:2By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
• Heb 4:12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
• 2 Cor 2:14–16But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
• 2 Cor 10:4–5The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
• Gal 1:7which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.
• Ps 119:46I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
• Acts 3:26When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
• Rom 2:9There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;
• Luke 2:10–11But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:
• Isa 53:1Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
• 1 Tim 1:11that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
• Col 1:5–6the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel
• 1 Th 2:13And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
• Ps 71:15–16My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
• Rom 15:29I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.
• 2 Cor 9:13Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.
• 1 Cor 14:24–25But if an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all,
• 2 Cor 2:12Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
• 1 Cor 9:18What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preaching it.
• 1 Cor 9:12If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
• Rom 15:19by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
• Rom 4:11And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
• 2 Tim 1:16May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.
• Ps 110:2The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
• John 7:35At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

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