en_tn_condensed/rom/01/01.md

# Paul

Your language may have a particular way of introducing the author of a letter. You may also need to tell in this same verse who the people are to whom Paul wrote the letter ([Romans 1:7](./07.md)). Alternate translation: "I, Paul, wrote this letter. I am" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])

# Christ, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God

You can translate this in an active form. Alternate translation: "Christ. God called me to be an apostle and chose me to tell people about the gospel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])

# called

appointed or chosen by God to be his child, to be his servant and proclaimer of his message of salvation through Jesus