Romans 1
1 Paul a servant of Christ Jesus a called apostle set apart for [the] gospel of God,
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—
2 which He promised beforehand through the prophets of Him in [the] Scriptures Holy
the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
3 concerning the Son of Him, who having come of [the] seed of David according to flesh,
regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,
4 who having been declared Son of God in power according to [the] Spirit of holiness by resurrection [from the] dead, Jesus Christ the Lord of us,
and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship unto obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of the name of Him,
Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
6 among whom are also you yourselves called of Jesus Christ;
And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
7 To all those being in Rome beloved of God to [those] called saints: Grace to you and peace from God [the] Father of us and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.
To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8 First indeed I thank the God of mine through Jesus Christ (for *N+kO) all of you because the faith of you is being proclaimed in all the world;
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.
9 Witness for me is God, whom I serve in the spirit of mine in the gospel of the Son of Him, how unceasingly mention of you I make always upon the prayers of mine
God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
10 imploring, if somehow now at last I will succeed by the will of God to come to you;
in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.
11 I long for to see you, that some I may impart gift to you spiritual to the strengthening of you,
For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
12 that now is to be encouraged together among you through the among one another faith of you both and of me.
that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
13 Not I do want now you to be ignorant, brothers, that many times I purposed to come to you and was hindered until the present, that some fruit I may have also among you even as even among the other Gentiles.
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
14 To Greeks both and to barbarians, to [the] wise both and to [the] foolish a debtor I am;
I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
15 Thus as to me myself [there is] readiness also to you who [are] in Rome to evangelise.
That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.
16 Not for I am ashamed of the gospel (of the Christ; *K) [the] power for of God it is unto salvation to everyone who is believing — to Jew both first and to Greek.
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
17 [The] righteousness for of God in it is revealed from faith to faith even as it has been written: And the righteous by faith will live.
For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
18 Is revealed for [the] wrath of God from heaven upon all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men the truth by unrighteousness suppressing,
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
19 because the known of God manifest is among them; God for to them has revealed [it].
For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
20 The for invisible qualities of Him from [the] creation of [the] world by the things made being understood are clearly seen, the both eternal of Him power and divinity, for to be them without excuse. (aïdios g126)
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. (aïdios g126)
21 For having known God not as God they glorified [Him] or were thankful, but they became futile in the thinking of them, and was darkened the foolish of them heart;
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
22 Professing to be wise they became fools
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
23 and they changed the glory of the immortal God into a likeness of an image of mortal man and birds and quadrupeds and creeping things.
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
24 Therefore (and *k) gave up them God in the desires of the hearts of them to impurity to dishonor the bodies of them between (themselves, *N+kO)
Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.
25 who changed the truth of God into the falsehood, and they reverenced and they served the created thing beyond the [One] having created [it], who is blessed to the ages! Amen. (aiōn g165)
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. (aiōn g165)
26 Because of this gave up them God to passions of dishonor; Even for females of them changed the natural use into that contrary to nature,
For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
27 Likewise then also the males having left the natural use of the female were inflamed in the desire of them toward one another, males with males the shame working out, and the recompense which was fitting of the error of them in themselves receiving.
Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28 And even as not they did see fit God to have in [their] knowledge, gave up them God to a depraved mind to do the [things] not being proper,
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
29 filled with all unrighteousness (sexual immorality *K) wickedness, covetousness, malice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness, gossips
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
30 slanderers, hateful to God, insolent arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil things, to parents disobedient,
slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.
31 foolish, untrustworthy, heartless (implacable, *K) unmerciful,
They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.
32 who the righteous decree of God having known that those such things doing worthy of death are, not only them they are practicing but also they are approving of those practicing [them].
Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
