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Romans 1

The Gospel Exalted

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Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus,  1 acalled as an apostle,  bset apart for  cthe gospel of God,

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which He  apromised beforehand through His  bprophets in the holy Scriptures,

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concerning His Son, who was born  aof a  1descendant of David  baccording to the flesh,

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who was declared  athe Son of God with power  1by the resurrection from the dead, according to the  2Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord,

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through whom we have received grace and  aapostleship  1to bring about the  bobedience of faith among  call the Gentiles for His name's sake,

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among whom you also are the  acalled of Jesus Christ;

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to all who are  abeloved of God in Rome, called as  1 bsaints:  cGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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First,  aI thank my God through Jesus Christ  1for you all, because  byour faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world.

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For  aGod, whom I  bserve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly  cI make mention of you,

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always in my prayers making request, if perhaps now at last by  athe will of God I may succeed in coming to you.

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For  aI long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be  1established;

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that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.

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 aI do not want you to be unaware,  bbrethren, that often I  chave planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some  dfruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

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 aI am  1under obligation both to Greeks and to  bbarbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

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So, for my part, I am eager to  apreach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

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For I am not  aashamed of the gospel, for  bit is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the  cJew first and also to  dthe Greek.

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For in it  athe righteousness of God is revealed  1from faith to faith; as it is written, " 2 bBUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."

Unbelief and Its Consequences

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For  athe wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who  bsuppress the truth  1in unrighteousness,

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because  athat which is known about God is evident  1within them; for God made it evident to them.

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For  asince the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen,  bbeing understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.

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For even though they knew God, they did not  1honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became  afutile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

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 aProfessing to be wise, they became fools,

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and  aexchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and  1crawling creatures.

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Therefore  aGod gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be  bdishonored among them.

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For they exchanged the truth of God for  1a  alie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator,  bwho is blessed  2forever. Amen.

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For this reason  aGod gave them over to  bdegrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is  1unnatural,

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and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another,  amen with men committing  1indecent acts and receiving in  2their own persons the due penalty of their error.

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And just as they did not see fit  1to acknowledge God any longer,  aGod gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,

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being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are  agossips,

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slanderers,  1 ahaters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil,  bdisobedient to parents,

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without understanding, untrustworthy,  aunloving, unmerciful;

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and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of  adeath, they not only do the same, but also  bgive hearty approval to those who practice them.



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