Romans 1:2-4

GOD’S WORD Translation

²(God had already promised this Good News through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures. ³This Good News is about his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.^[a] In his human nature he was a descendant of David. ⁴In his spiritual, holy nature he was declared the Son of God. This was shown in a powerful way when he came back to life.

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Footnotes

1:3 “Our Lord Jesus Christ” from verse 4 (in Greek) has been placed in verse 3 to express the complex Greek sentence structure more clearly in English.

Romans 1:2-4

King James Version

²(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

³Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

⁴And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

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Romans 1:2-4

English Standard Version

²which ^(A)he promised beforehand ^(B)through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, ³concerning his Son, ^(C)who was descended from David^[a] ^(D)according to the flesh ⁴and ^(E)was declared to be the Son of God ^(F)in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

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Romans 1:3 Or who came from the offspring of David

Romans 1:2-4

New King James Version

²^(A)which He promised before ^(B)through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, ³concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who ^[a]was ^(C)born of the seed of David according to the flesh, ⁴and ^(D)declared to be the Son of God with power according ^(E)to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.