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Rom. 1:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For
gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
I am
epaischunomai (Greek #1870)
to feel shame for something
KJV usage: be ashamed.
Pronounce: ep-ahee-skhoo'-nom-ahee
Origin: from 1909 and 153
not
ou (Greek #3756)
the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not
KJV usage: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.
Pronounce: oo
Origin: οὐκ (ook), and (before an aspirate) οὐχ (ookh) a primary word
ashamed
epaischunomai (Greek #1870)
to feel shame for something
KJV usage: be ashamed.
Pronounce: ep-ahee-skhoo'-nom-ahee
Origin: from 1909 and 153
y of the gospel
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
euaggelion (Greek #2098)
a good message, i.e. the gospel
KJV usage: gospel.
Pronounce: yoo-ang-ghel'-ee-on
Origin: from the same as 2097
of Christ
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
: for
gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
it is
esti (Greek #2076)
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
KJV usage: are, be(-long), call, X can(-not), come, consisteth, X dure for a while, + follow, X have, (that) is (to say), make, meaneth, X must needs, + profit, + remaineth, + wrestle.
Pronounce: es-tee'
Origin: third person singular present indicative of 1510
the power
dunamis (Greek #1411)
force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle itself)
KJV usage: ability, abundance, meaning, might(-ily, -y, -y deed), (worker of) miracle(-s), power, strength, violence, mighty (wonderful) work.
Pronounce: doo'-nam-is
Origin: from 1410
z of God
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
unto
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
salvation
soteria (Greek #4991)
rescue or safety (physically or morally)
KJV usage: deliver, health, salvation, save, saving.
Pronounce: so-tay-ree'-ah
Origin: feminine of a derivative of 4990 as (properly, abstract) noun
to every one
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
that
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
believeth
pisteuo (Greek #4100)
to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ)
KJV usage: believe(-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with.
Pronounce: pist-yoo'-o
Origin: from 4102
b; to the Jew
Ioudaios (Greek #2453)
Judaean, i.e. belonging to Jehudah
KJV usage: Jew(-ess), of Judaea.
Pronounce: ee-oo-dah'-yos
Origin: from 2448 (in the sense of 2455 as a country)
c first
proton (Greek #4412)
firstly (in time, place, order, or importance)
KJV usage: before, at the beginning, chiefly (at, at the) first (of all).
Pronounce: pro'-ton
Origin: neuter of 4413 as adverb (with or without 3588)
, and
te (Greek #5037)
both or also (properly, as correlation of 2532)
KJV usage: also, and, both, even, then, whether. Often used in composition, usually as the latter participle.
Pronounce: teh
Origin: a primary particle (enclitic) of connection or addition
also
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
to the Greek
Hellen (Greek #1672)
a Hellen (Grecian) or inhabitant of Hellas; by extension a Greek-speaking person, especially a non-Jew
KJV usage: Gentile, Greek.
Pronounce: hel'-lane
Origin: from 1671
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I am.
Psa. 40:9‑10• 9I have published righteousness in the great congregation: behold, I have not withheld my lips, Jehovah, *thou* knowest.
10I have not hidden thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
(Psa. 40:9‑10)
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Psa. 71:15‑16• 15My mouth shall declare thy righteousness, and thy salvation all the day: for I know not the numbers thereof.
16I will go in the might of the Lord Jehovah; I will recall thy righteousness, thine alone.
(Psa. 71:15‑16)
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Psa. 119:46• 46And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed; (Psa. 119:46)
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Mark 8:38• 38For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him shall the Son of man also be ashamed when he shall come in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. (Mark 8:38)
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Luke 9:26• 26For whosoever shall have been ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed when he shall come in his glory, and in that of the Father, and of the holy angels. (Luke 9:26)
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1 Cor. 2:2• 2For I did not judge it well to know anything among you save Jesus Christ, and *him* crucified. (1 Cor. 2:2)
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2 Tim. 1:8,12,16• 8Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but suffer evil along with the glad tidings, according to the power of God;
12For which cause also I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep for that day the deposit I have entrusted to him.
16The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he has often refreshed me, and has not been ashamed of my chain;
(2 Tim. 1:8,12,16)
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1 Peter 4:16• 16but if as a christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this name. (1 Peter 4:16)
the gospel.
Rom. 15:19,29• 19in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circuit round to Illyricum, have fully preached the glad tidings of the Christ;
29But I know that, coming to you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of Christ.
(Rom. 15:19,29)
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Luke 2:10‑11• 10And the angel said to them, Fear not, for behold, I announce to you glad tidings of great joy, which shall be to all the people;
11for to-day a Saviour has been born to you in David's city, who is Christ the Lord.
(Luke 2:10‑11)
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1 Cor. 9:12,18• 12If others partake of this right over you, should not rather *we*? But we have not used this right, but we bear all things, that we may put no hindrance in the way of the glad tidings of the Christ.
18What is the reward then that I have? That in announcing the glad tidings I make the glad tidings costless to others, so as not to have made use, as belonging to me, of my right in announcing the glad tidings.
(1 Cor. 9:12,18)
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2 Cor. 2:12• 12Now when I came to Troas for the publication of the glad tidings of the Christ, a door also being opened to me in the Lord, (2 Cor. 2:12)
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2 Cor. 4:4• 4in whom the god of this world has blinded the thoughts of the unbelieving, so that the radiancy of the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine forth for them. (2 Cor. 4:4)
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2 Cor. 4•  (2 Cor. 4)
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2 Cor. 9:13• 13they glorifying God through the proof of this ministration, by reason of your subjection, by profession, to the glad tidings of the Christ, and your free-hearted liberality in communicating towards them and towards all; (2 Cor. 9:13)
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Gal. 1:7• 7which is not another one; but there are some that trouble you, and desire to pervert the glad tidings of the Christ. (Gal. 1:7)
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1 Tim. 1:11• 11according to the glad tidings of the glory of the blessed God, with which *I* have been entrusted. (1 Tim. 1:11)
for it is.
Rom. 10:17• 17So faith then is by a report, but the report by God's word. (Rom. 10:17)
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Psa. 110:2• 2Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies. (Psa. 110:2)
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Isa. 53:1• 1Who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed? (Isa. 53:1)
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Jer. 23:29• 29Is not my word like a fire, saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? (Jer. 23:29)
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1 Cor. 1:18‑24• 18For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us that are saved it is God's power.
19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.
20Where is the wise? where scribe? where disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
21For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom has not known God, God has been pleased by the foolishness of the preaching to save those that believe.
22Since Jews indeed ask for signs, and Greeks seek wisdom;
23but *we* preach Christ crucified, to Jews an offence, and to nations foolishness;
24but to those that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ God's power and God's wisdom.
(1 Cor. 1:18‑24)
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1 Cor. 2:4• 4and my word and my preaching, not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power; (1 Cor. 2:4)
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1 Cor. 14:24‑25• 24But if all prophesy, and some unbeliever or simple person come in, he is convicted of all, he is judged of all;
25the secrets of his heart are manifested; and thus, falling upon his face, he will do homage to God, reporting that God is indeed amongst you.
(1 Cor. 14:24‑25)
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1 Cor. 15:2• 2by which also ye are saved, (if ye hold fast the word which I announced to you as the glad tidings,) unless indeed ye have believed in vain. (1 Cor. 15:2)
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2 Cor. 2:14‑16• 14But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in the Christ, and makes manifest the odour of his knowledge through us in every place.
15For we are a sweet odour of Christ to God, in the saved and in those that perish:
16to the one an odour from death unto death, but to the others an odour from life unto life; and who is sufficient for these things?
(2 Cor. 2:14‑16)
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2 Cor. 10:4‑5• 4For the arms of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful according to God to the overthrow of strongholds;
5overthrowing reasonings and every high thing that lifts itself up against the knowledge of God, and leading captive every thought into the obedience of the Christ;
(2 Cor. 10:4‑5)
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Col. 1:5‑6• 5on account of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens; of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the glad tidings,
6which are come to you, as they are in all the world, and are bearing fruit and growing, even as also among you, from the day ye heard them and knew indeed the grace of God, in truth:
(Col. 1:5‑6)
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1 Thess. 1:5‑6• 5For our glad tidings were not with you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what we were among you for your sakes:
6and *ye* became our imitators, and of the Lord, having accepted the word in much tribulation with joy of the Holy Spirit,
(1 Thess. 1:5‑6)
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1 Thess. 2:13• 13And for this cause we also give thanks to God unceasingly that, having received the word of the report of God by us, ye accepted, not men's word, but, even as it is truly, God's word, which also works in you who believe. (1 Thess. 2:13)
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Heb. 4:12• 12For the word of God is living and operative, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and penetrating to the division of soul and spirit, both of joints and marrow, and a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Heb. 4:12)
to every.
to the Jew.
 Observe here the way in which the Apostle presents everything as coming from God. It is the gospel of God, the power of God to salvation, the righteousness of God, and even the wrath of God, and that from heaven—a different thing from earthly chastisement. (Romans 1:1-17 by J.N. Darby)
 {I am not ashamed} His point is that the preacher of this great gospel never needs to be ashamed of what he announces, because the Lord Jesus Christ is better than he can ever state. (Opening Salutations: Romans 1:1-17 by B. Anstey)
 (Salvation and deliverance in Paul's writings are the same thing.) (Opening Salutations: Romans 1:1-17 by B. Anstey)
 All the barriers to man's blessing are destroyed by the power of God when a sinner receives the Lord Jesus Christ as his Savior. (Opening Salutations: Romans 1:1-17 by B. Anstey)
 Salvation in this 16th verse is the eternal aspect of salvation from the penalty of our sins. (Opening Salutations: Romans 1:1-17 by B. Anstey)
 "To the Jew first, and also to the Greek." This shows that the gospel has no racial boundaries; it's for "everyone." (Opening Salutations: Romans 1:1-17 by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For I am not ashamed of the glad tidings; for it is God’s power to salvation, to every one that believes, both to Jew first and to Greek:

W. Kelly Translation

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for I am not ashamed of the gospela: for it is God’s power unto salvation to everyone that believeth, both to Jew first and to Greek.

WK Translation Notes

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"Of Christ" is not properly in this verse.