1:1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God–
1:2 the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures
1:3 regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David,
1:4 and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
1:5 Through him and for his name’s sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
1:6 And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
1:7 To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.
1:9 God, whom I serve with my whole heart in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
1:10 in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God’s will the way may be opened for me to come to you.
1:11 I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong–
1:12 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
1:13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
1:14 I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
1:15 That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are at Rome.
1:16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.
1:17 For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
1:18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness,
1:19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities–his eternal power and divine nature–have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
1:21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
1:22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
1:23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
1:24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.
1:25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator–who is forever praised. Amen.
1:26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
1:27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
1:28 Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
1:29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,
1:30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;
1:31 they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
1:32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
1:1 Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, a called apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
1:2 Which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures,
1:3 Concerning His Son, who came out of the seed of David according to the flesh,
1:4 Who was designated the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness out of the resurrection of the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord;
1:5 Through whom we have received grace and apostleship unto the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of His name,
1:6 Among whom you also are the called ones of Jesus Christ;
1:7 To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, the called saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of His Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,
1:10 Beseeching if by any means now at last I may be prospered in the will of God to come to you.
1:11 For I long to see you that I may impart to you some spiritual gift so that you may be established;
1:12 That is, that I with you may be encouraged among you through the faith which is in one another, both yours and mine.
1:13 And I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that often I purposed to come to you (yet was hindered until the present), that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.
1:14 I am debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to foolish;
1:15 So, for my part, I am ready to announce the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes, both to Jew first and to Greek.
1:17 For the righteousness of God is revealed in it out of faith to faith, as it is written, But the righteous shall have life and live by faith.
1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven upon all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who hold down the truth in unrighteousness,
1:19 Because that which is known of God is manifest within them, for God manifested it to them.
1:20 For the invisible things of Him, both His eternal power and divine characteristics, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being perceived by the things made, so that they would be without excuse;
1:21 Because though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or thank Him, but rather became vain in their reasonings, and their heart, lacking understanding, was darkened.
1:22 Professing to be wise, they became fools
1:23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and reptiles.
1:24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, so that they dishonor their bodies among themselves,
1:25 Who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshipped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
1:26 Therefore God gave them up to passions of dishonor; for their females exchanged the natural use for that which is contrary to nature;
1:27 And likewise also the males, leaving the natural use of the female, burned in their craving toward one another, males with males committing unseemliness and fully receiving in themselves the retribution of their error which was due.
1:28 And even as they did not approve of holding God in their full knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things which are not fitting,
1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity;
1:30 Whisperers, slanderers, hateful to God, insolent, arrogant, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
1:31 Senseless, faithless, affectionless, merciless;
1:32 Who, though fully knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but also have fellow delight in those who practice them.