Romans 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

4 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,

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,

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

through whom we received grace and the office of apostle, for obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;

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

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

7 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.

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

8 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.

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

9 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,

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how I constantly mention you

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

always in my prayers, requesting, if by any means now at last I may succeed by the will of God to come to you.

11 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;

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

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

that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.

13 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.

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 other non-Jewish people.

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

I have an obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

15 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.

So, for my part, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who are in Rome.

16 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.

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

17 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.

For in it is revealed God's righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, "But the righteous will live by faith."

18 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;

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people, who suppress the truth by unrighteousness,

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

because what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.

20 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)

For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made. So they are without excuse. (aïdios g126)

21 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.

Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but their thinking became nonsense, and their foolish heart was darkened.

22 Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

23 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.

and traded the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal humans, and of birds, and four-footed animals, and crawling creatures.

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

Therefore God also abandoned them in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the degrading of their bodies among themselves,

25 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)

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

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

For this reason, God abandoned them to their degrading passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for that which is contrary to nature.

27 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.

Likewise also the men, giving up natural relations with women, burned in their lust toward one another, men with men, committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error.

28 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;

Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God abandoned them to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not right;

29 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;

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

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

slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

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

foolish, promise-breakers, heartless, unforgiving, unmerciful;

32 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.

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.