New TestamentRomansThe Theme of the Epistle: Righteousness by Faith in Jesus Christ · 1:16–171:16 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.1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.