Romans 1
The Gospel Exalted
1 Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, ▼▼Lit a called apostle
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bcalled as an apostle, cset apart for dthe gospel of God, 2which He epromised beforehand through His fprophets in the holy Scriptures, 3concerning His Son, who was born gof a ▼▼Lit seed
descendant of David iaccording to the flesh, 4who was declared jthe Son of God with power according to the ▼▼Or spirit
Spirit of holiness ▼▼Or as a result of
by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5through whom we have received grace and mapostleship ▼▼Lit for obedience
to bring about the oobedience of faith among pall the Gentiles in behalf of His name, 6among whom you also are the qcalled of Jesus Christ; 7 to all who are rbeloved of God in Rome, called as ▼▼Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
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tsaints: uGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 8 First, vI thank my God through Jesus Christ ▼▼Or concerning you all, that...
for you all, because xyour faith is being proclaimed throughout the world. 9For yGod, whom I zserve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly aaI make mention of you, 10always in my prayers requesting if perhaps now, at last by abthe will of God, I will succeed in coming to you. 11For acI long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be ▼▼Or strengthened
established; 12that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine. 13 aeI do not want you to be unaware, afbrothers and sisters, that often I aghave planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some ahfruit among you also just as among the rest of the Gentiles. 14 aiI am ▼▼Lit debtor
under obligation both to Greeks and to the ▼▼I.e., non-Hellenes
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aluncultured, both to the wise and to the foolish. 15So, for my part, I am eager to ampreach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. 16 For I am not anashamed of the gospel, for aoit is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the apJew first and also to aqthe Greek. 17For in it arthe righteousness of God is revealed ▼▼Or by
from faith to faith; as it is written: “ ▼▼Or But the one who is righteous by faith shall live
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auBut the righteous one will live by faith.” Unbelief and Its Consequences
18 For avthe wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who awsuppress the truth ▼▼Or by
in unrighteousness, 19because aythat which is known about God is evident ▼▼Or among
within them; for God made it evident to them. 20For basince the creation of the world His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, bbbeing understood by what has been made, so that they are without excuse. 21For even though they knew God, they did not ▼▼Lit glorify
honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became bdfutile in their reasonings, and their senseless hearts were darkened. 22 beClaiming to be wise, they became fools, 23and they bfexchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible mankind, of birds, four-footed animals, and ▼▼Or reptiles
crawling creatures. 24 Therefore bhGod gave them up to vile impurity in the lusts of their hearts, so that their bodies would be bidishonored among them. 25For they exchanged the truth of God for ▼▼Lit the lie
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bkfalsehood, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, blwho is blessed ▼▼Lit unto the ages
forever. Amen. 26 For this reason bnGod gave them over to bodegrading passions; for their women exchanged natural relations for that which is contrary to nature, 27and likewise the men, too, abandoned natural relations ▼▼Lit of the female
with women and burned in their desire toward one another, bqmales with males committing ▼▼Lit shamelessness
shameful acts and receiving in ▼▼Lit themselves
their own persons the due penalty of their error. 28 And just as they did not see fit ▼▼Lit to have God in knowledge
to acknowledge God, buGod gave them up to a depraved mind, to do those things that are not proper, 29people having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice; they are bvgossips, 30slanderers, ▼▼Or hateful to God
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bxhaters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, bydisobedient to parents, 31without understanding, untrustworthy, bzunfeeling, and unmerciful; 32and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of cadeath, they not only do the same, but also cbapprove of those who practice them.
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