Romans 1

1 Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an Apostle, set apart to proclaim God's Good News,

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called [to be] an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

2 which God had already promised through His Prophets in Holy Writ, concerning His Son,

which he promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,

3 who, as regards His human descent, belonged to the posterity of David,

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

4 but as regards the holiness of His Spirit was decisively proved by His Resurrection to be the Son of God--I mean concerning Jesus Christ our Lord,

who was declared [to be] the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection of the dead; [even] Jesus Christ our Lord,

5 through whom we have received grace and Apostleship in His service in order to win men to obedience to the faith, among all Gentile peoples,

through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name’s sake:

6 among whom you also, called, as you have been, to belong to Jesus Christ, are numbered:

among whom are ye also, called [to be] Jesus Christ’s:

7 To all God's loved ones who are in Rome, called to be saints. May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

To all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called [to be] saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

8 First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for what He has done for all of you; for the report of your faith is spreading through the whole world.

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

9 I call God to witness--to whom I render priestly and spiritual service by telling the Good News about His Son-- how unceasingly I make mention of you in His presence,

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers

10 always in my prayers entreating that now, at length, if such be His will, the way may by some means be made clear for me to come to you.

making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.

11 For I am longing to see you, in order to convey to you some spiritual help, so that you may be strengthened;

For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

12 in other words that while I am among you we may be mutually encouraged by one another's faith, yours and mine.

that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

13 And I desire you to know, brethren, that I have many a time intended to come to you--though until now I have been disappointed--in order that among you also I might gather some fruit from my labours, as I have already done among the rest of the Gentile nations.

And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.

14 I am already under obligations alike to Greek-speaking races and to others, to cultured and to uncultured people:

I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

15 so that for my part I am willing and eager to proclaim the Good News to you also who are in Rome.

So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also that are in Rome.

16 For I am not ashamed of the Good News. It is God's power which is at work for the salvation of every one who believes--the Jew first, and then the Gentile.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

17 For in the Good News a righteousness which comes from God is being revealed, depending on faith and tending to produce faith; as the Scripture has it, "The righteous man shall live by faith."

For therein is revealed a righteousness of God by faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith.

18 For God's anger is being revealed from Heaven against all impiety and against the iniquity of men who through iniquity suppress the truth. God is angry:

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold down the truth in unrighteousness;

19 because what may be known about Him is plain to their inmost consciousness; for He Himself has made it plain to them.

because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them.

20 For, from the very creation of the world, His invisible perfections--namely His eternal power and divine nature--have been rendered intelligible and clearly visible by His works, so that these men are without excuse. (aïdios g126)

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, [even] his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse: (aïdios g126)

21 For when they had come to know God, they did not give Him glory as God nor render Him thanks, but they became absorbed in useless discussions, and their senseless minds were darkened.

because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.

22 While boasting of their wisdom they became utter fools,

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

23 and, instead of worshipping the imperishable God, they worshipped images resembling perishable man or resembling birds or beasts or reptiles.

and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.

24 For this reason, in accordance with their own depraved cravings, God gave them up to uncleanness, allowing them to dishonour their bodies among themselves with impurity.

Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonoured among themselves:

25 For they had bartered the reality of God for what is unreal, and had offered divine honours and religious service to created things, rather than to the Creator--He who is for ever blessed. Amen. (aiōn g165)

for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)

26 This then is the reason why God gave them up to vile passions. For not only did the women among them exchange the natural use of their bodies for one which is contrary to nature, but the men also,

For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature:

27 in just the same way--neglecting that for which nature intends women--burned with passion towards one another, men practising shameful vice with men, and receiving in their own selves the reward which necessarily followed their misconduct.

and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men working unseemliness, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was due.

28 And just as they had refused to continue to have a full knowledge of God, so it was to utterly worthless minds that God gave them up, for them to do things which should not be done.

And even as they refused to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

29 Their hearts overflowed with all sorts of dishonesty, mischief, greed, malice. They were full of envy and murder, and were quarrelsome, crafty, and spiteful.

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

30 They were secret backbiters, open slanderers; hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful; inventors of new forms of sin, disobedient to parents, destitute of common sense,

backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

31 faithless to their promises, without natural affection, without human pity.

without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful:

32 In short, though knowing full well the sentence which God pronounces against actions such as theirs, as things which deserve death, they not only practise them, but even encourage and applaud others who do them.

who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they which practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.