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 and set apart for the gospel of God,
2 which God had already promised through His Prophets in Holy Writ, concerning His Son,
which he promised beforehand 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 a descendant 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,
Through the Spirit of holiness he was declared with power to be the Son of God by the resurrection from the dead, 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 him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations, for the sake of his name.
6 among whom you also, called, as you have been, to belong to Jesus Christ, are numbered:
Among these nations, you also have been called to belong to Jesus Christ.
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.
This letter is to all who are in Rome, the beloved of God, who are called to be holy people. May grace be 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 all of you, because 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, of how continually I make mention of you.
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.
I always request in my prayers that by any means I may at last be successful now by the will of God in coming to 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 desire to see you, that I may give you some spiritual gift, in order to strengthen you.
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, I long to be mutually encouraged among you, through each other's faith, 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.
Now I do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, that I often intended to come to you, (but I was hindered until now), in order to have a harvest among you, just as I have had among 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 a debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, 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 for me, I am ready to proclaim the gospel also to you who 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 for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and for 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 in it God's righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, as it has been written, “The righteous will 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 people, who through unrighteousness hold back the truth.
19 because what may be known about Him is plain to their inmost consciousness; for He Himself has made it plain to them.
This is because that which is known about God is visible to them. For God has enlightened 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 his invisible qualities, namely his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are 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.
This is because, although they knew about God, they did not glorify him as God, nor did they give him thanks. Instead, they became foolish in their thoughts, and their senseless hearts were darkened.
22 While boasting of their wisdom they became utter fools,
They claimed to be wise, but they became foolish.
23 and, instead of worshipping the imperishable God, they worshipped images resembling perishable man or resembling birds or beasts or reptiles.
They exchanged the glory of the imperishable God for the likenesses of an image of perishable man, of birds, of four-footed beasts, and of 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.
Therefore God gave them over to the lusts of their hearts for uncleanness, for their bodies to be dishonored 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)
It is they who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and who worshiped and served the creation instead of the Creator, who is praised forever. 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,
Because of this, God gave them over to dishonorable passions, for their women exchanged natural relations for those that were unnatural.
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.
Likewise, the men also left their natural relations with women and burned in their lust for one another. These were men who committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the penalty they deserved for their error.
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.
Because they did not approve of having God in their awareness, he gave them up to a depraved mind, for them to do those things that are not proper.
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.
They have been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, and malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and evil intentions. They are gossips,
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,
slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventing ways of doing evil; they are disobedient to parents.
31 faithless to their promises, without natural affection, without human pity.
They are senseless, faithless, heartless, and 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.
They understand the regulations of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death. But not only do they do these things, they also approve of others who do them.
