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Verse 1 of Romans chapter 1 says, “Paul,
an
a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be
apostle, separated unto the gospel of
God,” and Paul mentions this gospel
throughout this chapter and this book, and
he tells us in verses 3 and 4, “Concerning his
Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made
of the seed of David according to the
the Son of God
flesh; And declared to be
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with power, according to the spirit of
holiness, by the resurrection from the
dead,” and, again, he speaks of their faith.
But in verses 16 and 17 he says, “For I am
not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is
the power of God unto salvation to every
one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also
to the Greek. For therein” — that is, in the
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