Romans 1

1 From Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, who has been called to become an apostle, and has been set apart to tell God’s good news.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called [to be] an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

2 This good news God promised long ago through his prophets in the sacred scriptures,

which he promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,

3 concerning his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord; who, as to his human nature, was descended from David,

concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

4 but, as to the spirit of holiness within him, was miraculously designated Son of God by his resurrection from the dead.

who was declared [to be] the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection of the dead; [even] Jesus Christ our Lord,

5 Through him we received the gift of the apostolic office, to win submission to the faith among all nations for the glory of his name.

through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name’s sake:

6 And among these nations are you – you who have been called to belong to Jesus Christ.

among whom are ye also, called [to be] Jesus Christ’s:

7 To all in Rome who are dear to God and have been called to become Christ’s people, may God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

To all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called [to be] saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because the report of your faith is spreading throughout the world.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

9 God, to whom I offer the worship of my soul as I tell the goodness of his Son, is my witness how constantly I mention you when I pray,

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers

10 asking that, if he be willing, I may some day at last find the way open to visit you.

making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.

11 For I long to see you, in order to impart to you some spiritual gift and so give you fresh strength –

For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

12 or rather that both you and I may find encouragement in each other’s faith.

that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

13 I want you to know, my friends, that I have many times intended coming to see you – but until now I have been prevented – that I might find among you some fruit of my labours, as I have already among the other nations.

And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.

14 I have a duty to both the Greek and the barbarian, to both the cultured and the ignorant.

I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

15 And so, for my part, I am ready to tell the good news to you also who are in Rome.

So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also that are in Rome.

16 For I am not ashamed of the good news; it is the power of God which brings salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first, but also to the Greek.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

17 For in it there is a revelation of the divine righteousness resulting from faith and leading on to faith; as scripture says – “Through faith the righteous will find life.”

For therein is revealed a righteousness of God by faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith.

18 So, too, there is a revelation from heaven of the divine wrath against every form of ungodliness and wickedness on the part of those people who, by their wicked lives, are stifling the truth.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold down the truth in unrighteousness;

19 This is so, because what can be known about God is plain to them; for God himself has made it plain.

because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them.

20 For ever since the creation of the universe God’s invisible attributes – his everlasting power and divinity – are to be seen and studied in his works, so that people have no excuse; (aïdios g126)

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, [even] his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse: (aïdios g126)

21 because, although they learned to know God, yet they did not offer him as God either praise or thanksgiving. Their speculations about him proved futile, and their undiscerning minds were darkened.

because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.

22 Professing to be wise, they showed themselves fools;

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

23 and they transformed the glory of the immortal God into the likeness of mortal humans, and of birds, and beasts, and reptiles.

and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.

24 Therefore God abandoned them to impurity, letting them follow the cravings of their hearts, until they dishonoured their own bodies;

Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonoured among themselves:

25 for they had substituted a lie for the truth about God, and had reverenced and worshiped created things more than the Creator, who is to be praised for ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)

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

26 That, I say, is why God abandoned them to degrading passions. Even the women among them perverted the natural use of their bodies to the unnatural;

For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature:

27 while the men, disregarding that for which women were intended by nature, were consumed with passion for one another. Men indulged in vile practices with men, and incurred in their own persons the inevitable penalty for their perverseness.

and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men working unseemliness, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was due.

28 Then, as they would not keep God before their minds, God abandoned them to depraved thoughts, so that they did all kinds of shameful things.

And even as they refused to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

29 They revelled in every form of wickedness, evil, greed, vice. Their lives were full of envy, murder, quarrelling, treachery, malice.

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

30 They became back-biters, slanderers, impious, insolent, boastful. They devised new sins. They disobeyed their parents.

backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

31 They were undiscerning, untrustworthy, without natural affection or pity.

without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful:

32 Well aware of God’s decree, that those who do such things deserve to die, not only are they guilty of them themselves, but they even applaud those who do them.

who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they which practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.