< 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 Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God,
2 Of which God had given word before by his prophets in the holy Writings,
which He announced before through His prophets in holy writings,
3 About his Son who, in the flesh, came from the family of David,
concerning His Son—who has come of the seed 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 is marked out [as the] Son of God in power, according to the Spirit of sanctification, 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 apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, in behalf of His Name;
6 Among whom you in the same way have been marked out to be disciples of Jesus Christ:
among whom are also you, the called of 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, beloved of God, called holy ones: 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, indeed, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed in 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 unceasingly I make mention of you,
10 And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to you.
always in my prayers imploring, if by any means now at length I will have a prosperous journey, 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, that you may be established;
12 That is to say, that all of us may be comforted together by the faith which is in you and in me.
and that is, that I may be comforted together among you, through faith in one another, 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.
And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brothers, that many times I purposed to come to you—and was hindered until the present time—that some fruit I might have also among you, even as also among the other nations.
14 I have a debt to Greeks and to the nations outside; to the wise and to those who have no learning.
Both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to wise and to thoughtless, I am a debtor,
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, as much as in me is, I am ready also to you who [are] in Rome to proclaim good news,
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 of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to everyone who is believing, both to Jew first, and to 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 the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it has been written: “And the righteous one 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 on all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness.
19 Because the knowledge of God may be seen in them, God having made it clear to them.
Because that which is known of God is revealed among them, for God revealed [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 the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead—to their being inexcusable; (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, having known God they did not glorify [Him] as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened,
22 Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,
professing to be wise, they were made 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 changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.
24 For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another:
For this reason also God gave them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, to dishonor 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 changed the truth of God into the lie, and honored and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for all ages. 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:
Because of this God gave them up to dishonorable affections, for even their females changed the natural use into that against 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.
and in like manner also the males having left the natural use of the female, burned in their longing toward one another; males with males working shame, and the repayment of their error that was fit, in themselves receiving.
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 according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;
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;
having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,
30 Hated by God, full of pride, without respect, full of loud talk, given to evil inventions, not honouring father or mother,
evil-speakers, God-haters, insulting, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without knowledge, not true to their undertakings, unkind, having no mercy:
unintelligent, faithless, without natural affection, implacable, 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 the righteous judgment of God having known—that those practicing such things are worthy of death—not only do them, but also have delight with those practicing them.

< Romans 1 >