Romans 1

1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—

Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been set apart to the Gospel of God,

2 the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures:

3 regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,

concerning His Son, who became a physical descendant of David,

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.

who was established to be God's powerful Son (in accordance with Spirit of holiness) by resurrection from the dead—Jesus Christ our Lord—

5 Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to promote obedience of faith among all ethnic nations concerning His name

6 And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

(among these you also are called by Jesus Christ);

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 the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.

9 God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

Further, the God whom I serve with my spirit in the Gospel of His Son is my witness, how without ceasing I always remember you in my prayers,

10 in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.

begging that perhaps now, at last, I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

11 For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established

12 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.

—that is, that I may be encouraged among you by our mutual faith, both yours and mine.

13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but was hindered until now), in order that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the rest of the Gentiles.

14 I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

I am a debtor both to Greeks and to non-Greeks, both to wise and to foolish.

15 That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.

So, for my part, I am eager to preach the Gospel to you who are in Rome as well.

16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, because it is the power of God for the salvation of each one who believes (for the Jew first, then the Greek);

17 For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

because in it God's righteousness is revealed, from faith to faith; just as it is written: “The righteous one will live by faith.”

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.

Now the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven upon all ungodliness and unrighteousness of the people who suppress the truth by unrighteousness,

19 For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

precisely because what may be known about God is evident among them, because God has shown it to them.

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 His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. (aïdios g126)

Because His invisible attributes, namely His eternal power and divine nature, are clearly seen from the creation of the world, being understood from what has been made, so that they are inexcusable; (aïdios g126)

21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

precisely because, knowing God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks; so their reasonings became worthless and their senseless hearts were darkened.

22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

and exchanged for themselves the glory of the incorruptible God for an image resembling a perishable man—even birds and quadrupeds and reptiles!

24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

Therefore God also gave them up, through the cravings of their hearts for vileness, to the degrading of their bodies among themselves

25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. (aiōn g165)

—they had exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. (aiōn g165)

26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.

For this reason God gave them up to degrading passions; in fact even their females exchanged the natural sexual function for that against nature;

27 Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

likewise also the males, abandoning the natural use of the female, were inflamed in their lust toward one another, males committing the disgraceful act with males, and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

28 Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

So precisely because they determined not to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a debased mind, to do wrong things:

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,

having been filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, greed, depravity; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; gossips,

30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.

slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, braggarts, contrivers of evil things, disobedient to parents,

31 They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.

senseless, faithless, hardhearted, intransigent, unmerciful;

32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.

who, knowing full well God's just sentence, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do them but also approve of other practitioners.