1 Paul writes this letter. He is a servant of Jesus. God picked Paul to share the good news. ✍️✝️ 2 God said this good news long ago in His holy book. ✨ 3 The good news is about His Son Jesus. He came from King David’s family. 4 God showed Jesus is His Son with big power. God’s Holy Spirit raised Him from the dead. Jesus is Lord. ✝️⚡️ 5 Through Jesus, Paul got help and a job to tell all people to trust and obey Jesus. ️ 6 You in Rome are called to belong to Jesus too. 7 To God’s people in Rome: God loves you. Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus. ❤️️ 8 First, Paul thanks God through Jesus for all of you. People everywhere talk about how you trust God. ️ 9 God knows Paul prays for you all the time. Paul serves God with his whole heart as he shares Jesus’ good news. 10 Paul asks God to let him visit you soon, if God wants. ️ 11 Paul wants to see you and help make your trust in God strong. 12 Paul wants you and him to cheer each other up by trusting God. 13 Paul tried to come before but could not. He wants to help more people there know God, like in other places. ➡️ 14 Paul must share with all people, smart or not, near or far. 15 So Paul is ready to share the good news with you in Rome too. ️ 16 Paul is not shy about the good news. It is God’s power to save all who trust Jesus, Jews first and also others. ✝️⚡️ 17 In this good news, God shows how to be right with Him. We live by trust in Jesus. ❤️ 18 God is angry at all wrong. Some people hide the truth. ⚠️ 19 God made it clear who He is. He showed them. ✨ 20 We can see God’s power and care in the world He made, so people have no good excuse. 21 They knew about God but did not honor or thank Him. Their thoughts got mixed up, and their hearts felt dark. 22 They said, “We are smart,” but they were not. ♂️ 23 They swapped the great God for fake god statues of people and animals. 24 So God let them do what they chose. They used their bodies in wrong ways. ♀️♂️ 25 They picked a lie, not God’s truth. They loved and served things God made, not God the maker. ❌️➡️ 26 So God let them keep their wrong ways. Women used their bodies in ways that were not how God made them. 27 Men also used their bodies in ways that were not God’s plan, and it brought hurt to them. 28 They did not want God, so God let them think bad and do bad things. ➡️ 29 They were full of all kinds of bad: greed, envy, hate, fighting, and tricking others. 30 They said mean things, hated God, were rude and proud, bragged, made up bad ideas, and did not obey parents. ♂️ 31 They were foolish and mean. They did not keep promises. They did not love or care. 32 They knew God says these things are very bad and lead to a bad end, but they still did them and cheered when others did them. ❌