Romans 1:1

¹⁵But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

¹⁶that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

^1[+] Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ^[+] through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

⁵“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

¹Paul, an apostle of Christ^[+] Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

¹Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ,^[+] according to the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

⁹For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

¹Paul, an apostle of Christ^[+] Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

¹Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?

¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ ^[+] our hope,