Romans 1
1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—
This letter comes from Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ. I was called to be an apostle by God. God appointed me to announce the good news
2 the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
that he had previously promised through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures.
3 regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,
The good news is about his Son, whose human forefather was 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.
but who was revealed as God's Son by his resurrection from the dead through the power of the Holy Spirit. He is 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.
It was through him that I received the privilege of becoming an apostle to call all nations to obedient trust in him.
6 And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
You are also included among those who were called to belong to 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.
I'm writing to all of you in Rome who are loved by God, and called to be his special people. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord 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.
Let me begin by saying that I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because the way in which you trust in God is spoken about 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
I'm always praying for you, as God can confirm—the God I serve with the whole of my being as I share the good news about his Son.
10 in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.
In my prayers I'm always asking that I might eventually come and see you, if that's what God wants.
11 For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
I really want to visit you and share with you a spiritual blessing to strengthen you.
12 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
In this way we can be encouraged together by each others' trust in God, both your trust 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 want you to know, my brothers and sisters, I often planned to visit you, but I was kept from coming up till now. I want to see some good spiritual results among you just as I've seen among other people.
14 I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
For I have an obligation to work for both the civilized and the uncivilized, both the educated and the uneducated.
15 That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.
That's why I'm really keen to come to Rome and share the good news with you.
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'm certainly not ashamed about the good news, for it's God's power to save everyone who trusts in him—to the Jewish people first, and then to everyone else as well.
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.”
For in the good news God is revealed as good and right, trustworthy from start to finish. As Scripture says, “Those who are right with God live by trusting him.”
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.
God's hostility is revealed from heaven against those who are godless and who are not morally right, those who suppress the truth through the evil that they do.
19 For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
What can be known about God is obvious, because he has made it very clear 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)
Ever since the creation of the world, the invisible aspects of God—his eternal power and divinity—are clearly visible in what he has made. Such people have no excuse, (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.
because even though they knew God, they did not praise him or thank him, but instead their thinking about God turned into complete foolishness, and darkness filled their empty minds.
22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
Even though they claimed to be wise, they became foolish.
23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
They exchanged the glory of the immortal God for idols, images of mortal human beings, birds, animals, 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.
So God abandoned them to the evil desires of their depraved minds, and they did shameful, degrading things to each other.
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 exchanged God's truth for a lie, worshiping and serving creatures instead of the Creator, who deserves praise forever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
That's why God abandoned them to their evil desires. Their women exchanged natural sex for that which is unnatural,
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.
and in the same way the men gave up sex with women and burned with lust for each other. Men did indecent things to each other, and as a result they suffered the inevitable consequences of their perversions.
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.
Since they didn't consider it worthwhile to get to know God, he abandoned them to their worthless, distrustful way of thinking, doing things that should never be done.
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,
They filled themselves with all that's wrong: evil, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malice, and gossip.
30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.
They're back-stabbers and God-haters. They're arrogant, proud, and boastful. They devise new ways of sinning. They rebel against their parents.
31 They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.
They don't want to understand, they don't keep their promises, they don't show any kindness or compassion.
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.
Even though they realize exactly what God requires, they do things that deserve death. Not only do they do such things themselves, they also support others in doing them.
