< Romans 1 >
1 Paul a servant of Christ Jesus a called apostle set apart for [the] gospel of God,
2 which He promised beforehand through the prophets of Him in [the] Scriptures Holy
3 concerning the Son of Him, who having come of [the] seed of David according to flesh,
4 who having been declared Son of God in power according to [the] Spirit of holiness by resurrection [from the] dead, Jesus Christ the Lord of us,
5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship unto obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of the name of Him,
6 among whom are also you yourselves called of Jesus Christ;
7 To all those being in Rome beloved of God to [those] called saints: Grace to you and peace from God [the] Father of us and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.
8 First indeed I thank the God of mine through Jesus Christ (for *N(k)O*) all of you because the faith of you is being proclaimed in all the world;
9 Witness for me is God, whom I serve in the spirit of mine in the gospel of the Son of Him, how unceasingly mention of you I make always upon the prayers of mine
10 imploring, if somehow now at last I will succeed by the will of God to come to you;
11 I long for to see you, that some I may impart gift to you spiritual to the strengthening of you,
12 that now is to be encouraged together among you through the among one another faith of you both and of me.
13 Not I do want now you to be ignorant, brothers, that many times I purposed to come to you and was hindered until the present, that some fruit I may have also among you even as even among the other Gentiles.
14 To Greeks both and to barbarians, to [the] wise both and to [the] foolish a debtor I am;
15 Thus as to me myself [there is] readiness also to you who [are] in Rome to evangelise.
16 Not for I am ashamed of the gospel (of the Christ; *K*) [the] power for of God it is unto salvation to everyone who is believing — to Jew both first and to Greek.
17 [The] righteousness for of God in it is revealed from faith to faith even as it has been written: And the righteous by faith will live.
18 Is revealed for [the] wrath of God from heaven upon all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men the truth by unrighteousness suppressing,
19 because the known of God manifest is among them; God for to them has revealed [it].
20 The for invisible qualities of Him from [the] creation of [the] world by the things made being understood are clearly seen, the both eternal of Him power and divinity, for to be them without excuse. (aïdios )
21 For having known God not as God they glorified [Him] or were thankful, but they became futile in the thinking of them, and was darkened the foolish of them heart;
22 Professing to be wise they became fools
23 and they changed the glory of the immortal God into a likeness of an image of mortal man and birds and quadrupeds and creeping things.
24 Therefore (and *k*) gave up them God in the desires of the hearts of them to impurity to dishonor the bodies of them between (themselves, *N(k)O*)
25 who changed the truth of God into the falsehood, and they reverenced and they served the created thing beyond the [One] having created [it], who is blessed to the ages! Amen. (aiōn )
26 Because of this gave up them God to passions of dishonor; Even for females of them changed the natural use into that contrary to nature,
27 Likewise then also the males having left the natural use of the female were inflamed in the desire of them toward one another, males with males the shame working out, and the recompense which was fitting of the error of them in themselves receiving.
28 And even as not they did see fit God to have in [their] knowledge, gave up them God to a depraved mind to do the [things] not being proper,
29 filled with all unrighteousness (sexual immorality *K*) wickedness, covetousness, malice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness, gossips
30 slanderers, hateful to God, insolent arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil things, to parents disobedient,
31 foolish, untrustworthy, heartless (implacable, *K*) unmerciful,
32 who the righteous decree of God having known that those such things doing worthy of death are, not only them they are practicing but also they are approving of those practicing [them].
