Romans 1

1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called as an Apostle, separated for the Gospel of God,

PAUL, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, called and sent; and separated unto the gospel of God,

2 which he had promised beforehand, through his Prophets, in the Holy Scriptures,

(which he had before promised, by his prophets, in the holy scriptures,

3 about his Son, who was made for him from the offspring of David according to the flesh,

concerning his Son, (who was born in the flesh, of seed of the house of David,

4 the Son of God, who was predestined in virtue according to the Spirit of sanctification from the resurrection of the dead, our Lord Jesus Christ,

and was made known as the Son of God, by power, and by the Holy Spirit, ) who arose from the dead, Jesus Messiah, our Lord,

5 through whom we have received grace and Apostleship, for the sake of his name, for the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles,

by whom we have received grace, and a mission among all the Gentiles, to the end that they may obey the faith in his name;

6 from whom you also have been called by Jesus Christ:

among whom, ye also are called by Jesus Messiah; )

7 To all who are at Rome, the beloved of God, called as saints. Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

to all those who are at Rome, beloved of God, called and sanctified: Peace and grace be with you, from God our Father, and from our Lord Jesus Messiah.

8 Certainly, I give thanks to my God, through Jesus Christ, first for all of you, because your faith is being announced throughout the entire world.

In the first place, I give thanks to God by Jesus Messiah, on account of you all; because your faith is heard of in all the world.

9 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit by the Gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I have kept a remembrance of you

And God, whom in spirit I serve in the gospel of his Son, is my witness, that I unceasingly make mention of you, at all times, in my prayers.

10 always in my prayers, pleading that in some way, at some time, I may have a prosperous journey, within the will of God, to come to you.

And I likewise supplicate, that hereafter a door may be opened to me, by the good pleasure of God, to come unto you.

11 For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you a certain spiritual grace to strengthen you,

For I long much to see you; and to impart to you the gift of the Spirit, whereby ye may be established;

12 specifically, to be consoled together with you through that which is mutual: your faith and mine.

and that we may have comfort together, in the faith of both yourselves and me.

13 But I want you to know, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you, (though I have been hindered even to the present time) so that I might obtain some fruit among you also, just as also among the other Gentiles.

And I wish you to know, my brethren, that I have many times desired to come to you, (though prevented hitherto, ) that I might have some fruit among you also; even as among other Gentiles,

14 To the Greeks and to the uncivilized, to the wise and to the foolish, I am in debt.

Greeks and barbarians, the wise and the unwise: for to every man am I a debtor, to preach to him.

15 So within me there is a prompting to evangelize to you also who are at Rome.

And so I am eager to preach to you also who are at Rome.

16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospel. For it is the power of God unto salvation for all believers, the Jew first, and the Greek.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel; for it is the power of God unto life, to all who believe in it; whether first they are of the Jews, or whether they are of the Gentiles.

17 For the justice of God is revealed within it, by faith unto faith, just as it was written: “For the just one lives by faith.”

For in it is revealed the righteousness of God, from faith to faith; as it is written, The righteous by faith, shall live.

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven over every impiety and injustice among those men who fend off the truth of God with injustice.

For the wrath of God from heaven is revealed against all the iniquity and wickedness of men, who hold the truth in iniquity.

19 For what is known about God is manifest in them. For God has manifested it to them.

Because a knowledge of God is manifest in them; for God hath manifested it in them.

20 For unseen things about him have been made conspicuous, since the creation of the world, being understood by the things that were made; likewise his everlasting virtue and divinity, so much so that they have no excuse. (aïdios g126)

For, from the foundations of the world, the occult things of God are seen, by the intellect, in the things he created, even his eternal power and divinity; so that they might be without excuse; (aïdios g126)

21 For although they had known God, they did not glorify God, nor give thanks. Instead, they became weakened in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was obscured.

because they knew God, and did not glorify him and give thanks to him as God, but became vain in their imaginings, and their unwise heart was darkened.

22 For, while proclaiming themselves to be wise, they became foolish.

And, while they thought within themselves that they were wise, they became fools.

23 And they exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of flying things, and of four-legged beasts, and of serpents.

And they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into a likeness to the image of a corruptible man, and into the likeness of birds and quadrupeds and reptiles on the earth.

24 For this reason, God handed them over to the desires of their own heart for impurity, so that they afflicted their own bodies with indignities among themselves.

For this cause, God gave them up to the filthy lusts of their heart, to dishonor their bodies with them.

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

And they changed the truth of God into a lie; and worshipped and served the created things, much more than the Creator of them, to whom belong glory and blessing, for ever and ever: Amen. (aiōn g165)

26 Because of this, God handed them over to shameful passions. For example, their females have exchanged the natural use of the body for a use which is against nature.

For this cause, God gave them up to vile passions: for their females changed the use of their natures, and employed that which is unnatural.

27 And similarly, the males also, abandoning the natural use of females, have burned in their desires for one another: males doing with males what is disgraceful, and receiving within themselves the recompense that necessarily results from their error.

And so also their males forsook the use of females, which is natural, and burned with lust toward one another; and, male with male, they did what is shameful, and received in themselves the just recompense of their error.

28 And since they did not prove to have God by knowledge, God handed them over to a morally depraved way of thinking, so that they might do those things which are not fitting:

And as they did not determine with themselves to know God, God gave them over to a vain mind; that they might do what they ought not,

29 having been completely filled with all iniquity, malice, fornication, avarice, wickedness; full of envy, murder, contention, deceit, spite, gossiping;

being full of all iniquity, and lewdness, and bitterness, and malice, and covetousness, and envy, and slaughter, and strife, and guile, and evil machinations,

30 slanderous, hateful toward God, abusive, arrogant, self-exalting, devisers of evil, disobedient to parents,

and backbiting, and slander; and being haters of God, scoffers, proud, vain-glorious, devisers of evil things, destitute of reason, disregardful of parents,

31 foolish, disorderly; without affection, without fidelity, without mercy.

and to whom a covenant is nothing, neither affection, nor peace, and in whom is no compassion.

32 And these, though they had known the justice of God, did not understand that those who act in such a manner are deserving of death, and not only those who do these things, but also those who consent to what is done.

These, while they know the judgment of God, that he condemneth those to death who perpetrate such things, are not only doers of them, but the companions of such as do them.