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 the seruaut of Iesus Christ called to be an Apostle put a parte to preache the Gospell of God

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

which he promysed afore by his Prophetes in the holy scriptures

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

that make mension of his sonne the which was begotte of the seed of David as pertayninge to the flesshe:

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,

and declared to be the sonne of God with power of the holy goost that sanctifieth sence ye tyme that Iesus Christ oure Lorde rose agayne from deeth

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

by whom we have receaved grace and apostleshyppe to bringe all maner hethe people vnto obedience of the fayth that is in his name:

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

of the which hethen are ye a part also which are Iesus christes by vocacio.

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 you of Rome beloved of God and saynctes by callinge. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the Lorde Iesus 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.

Fyrst verely I thanke my God thorow Iesus Christ for you all because youre fayth is publisshed through out all the worlde.

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 witnes whom I serve with my sprete in the Gospell of his sonne that with out ceasinge I make mencion of you alwayes in my prayers

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

besechinge that at one tyme or another a prosperous iorney (by ye will of god) myght fortune me to come vnto 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 longe to see you that I myght bestowe amoge you some spirituall gyfte to strength you with all:

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 I myght have consolacion together with you through the commen fayth which bothe ye and I have.

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.

I wolde that ye shuld knowe brethre how that I have often tymes purposed to come vnto you (but have bene let hitherto) to have some frute amonge you as I have amonge other of ye Gentyls.

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

For I am detter both to the Grekes and to them which are no Grekes vnto the learned and also vnto the vnlearned.

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.

Lykewyse as moche as in me is I am redy to preache the Gospell to you of Rome also.

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 Gospell of Christ because it is ye power of God vnto salvacio to all yt beleve namely to the Iewe and also to ye getyle.

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 by it ye rightewesnes which cometh of god is opened fro fayth to fayth. As it is written: The iust shall live by fayth.

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 apereth from heven agaynst all vngodlynes and vnrightewesnes of me which withholde ye trueth in vnrightewesnes

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

seynge what maye be knowen of God that same is manifest amoge them. For God dyd shewe it vnto 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)

So that his invisible thinges: that is to saye his eternall power and godhed are vnderstonde and sene by the workes from the creacion of the worlde. So that 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.

in as moche as when they knewe god they glorified him not as God nether were thakfull but wexed full of vanities in their imaginacions and their folisshe hertes were blynded.

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

When they couted them selves wyse they became foles

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 turned the glory of the immortall god vnto the similitude of the ymage of mortall man and of byrdes and foure foted beastes and of serpentes.

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

Wherfore god lykewyse gave the vp vnto their hertes lustes vnto vnclennes to defyle their awne boddyes bitwene them selves:

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)

which tourned his truthe vnto a lye and worshipped and served the creatures more then ye maker which is blessed for ever. Ame. (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 cause god gave them vp vnto shamfull lustes. For even their wemen did chaunge the naturall vse vnto the vnnaturall.

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.

And lyke wyse also the men lefte the naturall vse of the woma and bret in their lustes one on another. And man with man wrought filthynes and receaved in them selves the rewarde of their erroure as it was accordinge.

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;

And as it semed not good vnto them to be aknowen of God even so God delivered them vp vnto a leawde mynd yt they shuld do tho thinges which were not comly

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;

beinge full of all vnrighteous doinge of fornicacio wickednes coveteousnes maliciousnes full of envie morther debate disseyte evill codicioned whisperers

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

backbyters haters of God doers of wroge proude bosters bringers vp of evyll thinges disobedient to father and mother

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

with out vnderstondinge covenaunte breakers vnlovinge trucebreakers and merciles.

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.

Which me though they knew the rightewesnes of God how that they which soche thinges commyt are worthy of deeth yet not only do the same but also have pleasure in them that do them.