Romans 1

1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, an Apostle by the selection of God, given authority as a preacher of the good news,

2 which he promised before through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

Of which God had given word before by his prophets in the holy Writings,

3 concerning his Son, who was born of the offspring of David according to the flesh,

About his Son who, in the flesh, came from the family of David,

4 who was declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

But was marked out as Son of God in power by the Holy Spirit through the coming to life again of the dead; Jesus Christ our Lord,

5 through whom we received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations for his name’s sake;

Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name:

6 among whom you are also called to belong to Jesus Christ;

Among whom you in the same way have been marked out to be disciples of Jesus Christ:

7 to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

To all those who are in Rome, loved by God, marked out as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

First of all, I give praise to my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because news of your faith has gone into all the world.

9 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

For God is my witness, whose servant I am in spirit in the good news of his Son, that you are at all times in my memory and in my prayers,

10 requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to you.

11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;

For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

12 that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

That is to say, that all of us may be comforted together by the faith which is in you and in me.

13 Now I do not desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (and was hindered so far), that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.

14 I am debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish.

I have a debt to Greeks and to the nations outside; to the wise and to those who have no learning.

15 So as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who are in Rome.

For which reason I have the desire, as far as I am able, to give the knowledge of the good news to you who are in Rome.

16 For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.

17 For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”

For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;

19 because that which is known of God is revealed in them, for God revealed it to them.

Because the knowledge of God may be seen in them, God having made it clear to them.

20 For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting (aïdios g126) power and divinity, that they may be without excuse.

For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing: (aïdios g126)

21 Because knowing God, they did not glorify him as God, and did not give thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.

Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark.

22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,

23 and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, four-footed animals, and creeping things.

And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth.

24 Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves;

For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another:

25 who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for the ages (aiōn g165). Amen.

Because by them the true word of God was changed into that which is false, and they gave worship and honour to the thing which is made, and not to him who made it, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it. (aiōn g165)

26 For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature.

For this reason God gave them up to evil passions, and their women were changing the natural use into one which is unnatural:

27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error.

And in the same way the men gave up the natural use of the woman and were burning in their desire for one another, men doing shame with men, and getting in their bodies the right reward of their evil-doing.

28 Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;

29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,

Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;

30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Hated by God, full of pride, without respect, full of loud talk, given to evil inventions, not honouring father or mother,

31 without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;

Without knowledge, not true to their undertakings, unkind, having no mercy:

32 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

Who, though they have knowledge of the law of God, that the fate of those who do these things is death, not only go on doing these things themselves, but give approval to those who do them.