Paul, a bond-servant
of Christ
Jesus
, 1 acalled
as an apostle
, bset
apart
for cthe gospel
of God
,
which He apromised
beforehand
through
His bprophets
in the holy
Scriptures
,
concerning His Son
, who was born
aof a 1descendant
of David
baccording
to the flesh
,
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
,
through whom
we have received
grace
and aapostleship
1to bring
about
the bobedience
of faith
among
call
the Gentiles
for His name's
sake
,
among whom
you also
are the acalled
of Jesus
Christ
;
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
.
First, aI thank
my God
through
Jesus
Christ
1for you all
, because
byour faith
is being proclaimed
throughout
the whole
world
.
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,
always in my prayers
making
request
, if
perhaps
now
at last
by athe will
of God
I may succeed
in coming
to you.
For aI long to see
you so
that I may impart
some
spiritual
gift
to you, that you may be 1established
;
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
.
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
.
aI am 1under
obligation
both
to Greeks
and to bbarbarians
, both
to the wise
and to the foolish
.
So, for my part
, I am eager
to apreach
the gospel
to you also
who
are in Rome
.
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
.
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
."
For athe wrath of God
is revealed
from heaven
against
all
ungodliness
and unrighteousness
of men
who bsuppress
the truth
1in unrighteousness
,
because athat which
is known
about God
is evident
1within
them; for God
made
it evident
to them.
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
.
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
.
aProfessing to be wise
, they became
fools
,
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
.
Therefore aGod
gave
them over
in the lusts
of their hearts
to impurity
, so
that their bodies
would be bdishonored
among
them.
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
.
For this reason
aGod
gave
them over
to bdegrading
passions
; for their women
exchanged
the natural
function
for that which is 1unnatural
,
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
.
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
,
being filled with all
unrighteousness
, wickedness
, greed
, evil
; full
of envy
, murder
, strife
, deceit
, malice
; they are agossips
,
slanderers, 1 ahaters
of God
, insolent
, arrogant
, boastful
, inventors
of evil
, bdisobedient
to parents
,
without understanding
, untrustworthy
, aunloving
, unmerciful
;
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.