Romans 1

¹Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to bean apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, ²which he promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures, ³concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, ⁴who was declared to bethe Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection of the dead; evenJesus Christ our Lord, ⁵through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name’s sake: ⁶among whom are ye also, called to beJesus Christ’s: ⁷To all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called to besaints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ⁸First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world. ⁹For 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 ¹⁰making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you. ¹¹For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; ¹²that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine. ¹³And 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. ¹⁴I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. ¹⁵So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also that are in Rome. ¹⁶For 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. ¹⁷For therein is revealed a righteousness of God by faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith. ¹⁸For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold down the truth in unrighteousness; ¹⁹because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them. ²⁰For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, evenhis everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse: ²¹because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened. ²²Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, ²³and 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. ²⁴Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonoured among themselves: ²⁵for 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. ²⁶For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature: ²⁷and 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. ²⁸And even as they refused to have God in theirknowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; ²⁹being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers, ³⁰backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, ³¹without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful: ³²who, 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.