Romans 1
1 Paul, a
servant of
Jesus Christ, called to be an
apostle, separated unto the
gospel of
God, 2 (Which he had promised
afore by his prophets in the
holy scriptures,)
3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was
made of the
seed of
David according to the
flesh; 4 And
declared to be the
Son of
God with power, according to the
spirit of
holiness, by the
resurrection from the
dead: 5 By whom we have
received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the
faith among all nations, for his name: 6 Among whom are ye also the
called of
Jesus Christ: 7 To
all that
be 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, that your faith is
spoken of
throughout the
whole world. 9 For God is my witness, whom I
serve with my spirit in the
gospel of
his Son, that without
ceasing I
make mention of
you always in my prayers; 10 Making
request, if by any
means now at
length I might have a prosperous
journey by the
will of
God to
come unto you. 11 For I
long to
see you, that I may
impart unto
you some spiritual gift, to the
end ye may be
established;
12 That is, that I may be comforted
together with you by the mutual faith both of
you and me. 13 Now I
would not have you ignorant,
brethren, that oftentimes I
purposed to
come unto you, (but was
let hitherto,)
that I might
have some fruit among you also, even
as among other Gentiles. 14 I
am debtor both to the
Greeks, and to the
Barbarians; both to the
wise, and to the
unwise. 15 So, as much
as in me
is, I am
ready to preach the
gospel to
you that are
at Rome also. 16 For I
am not ashamed of the
gospel of
Christ: 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 therein is the
righteousness of
God revealed from faith to faith: as it is
written, The
just shall
live by faith. 18 For the
wrath of
God is
revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of
men, who
hold the
truth in unrighteousness; 19 Because that which may be
known of
God is manifest in them; for God hath
shewed it unto
them. 20 For the invisible
things of
him from the
creation of the
world are clearly
seen, being
understood by the things that are
made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that
they are without
excuse: 21 Because that, when they
knew God, they
glorified him
not as God, neither were
thankful;
but became
vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was
darkened.
22 Professing
themselves to
be wise, they became
fools,
23 And changed the
glory of the
uncorruptible God into an
image made
like to
corruptible man, and to
birds, and fourfooted
beasts, and creeping
things. 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the
lusts of their
own hearts, to
dishonour their
own bodies between themselves: 25 Who changed the
truth of
God into a
lie, and worshipped and served the
creature more
than the
Creator,
who is blessed for ever. Amen. 26 For this cause
God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did
change the
natural use into that which is
against nature: 27 And likewise also the
men, leaving the
natural use of the
woman, burned in their lust one toward
another;
men with men working that which is
unseemly, and receiving in themselves that
recompence of
their error which was
meet.
28 And even
as they
did not like to
retain God in their
knowledge, God gave them over to a
reprobate mind, to
do those things which
are not convenient;
29 Being filled
with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of
envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of
God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil
things, disobedient to
parents, 31 Without
understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural
affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32 Who knowing the
judgment of
God, that they which
commit such
things are worthy of
death, not only do the
same, but have pleasure in them that
do them.