Romans 1

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Romans 1

God’s Good News for Rome

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1} Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle^(a)^(A) and singled out^(B) for God’s good news^(C)— ^{Tools
2} which He promised long ago^(D) through His prophets^(E) in the Holy Scriptures— ^{Tools
3} concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David^(b)^(F) according to the flesh^(G) ^{Tools
4} and who has been declared to be the powerful^(H) Son of God^(I) by the resurrection from the dead according to the Spirit of holiness.^(c) ^{Tools
5} We have received grace and apostleship^(J) through Him to bring about^(d) the obedience^(K) of faith^(e) among all the nations,^(f)^(L) on behalf of His name, ^{Tools
6} including yourselves who also belong to Jesus Christ by calling:^(M)

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7} To all who are in Rome, loved by God,^(N) called^(O) as saints.^(P)

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul’s Desire to Visit Rome

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8} First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you because the news of your faith^(g) is being reported in all the world.^(Q) ^{Tools
9} For God, whom I serve with my spirit^(R) in telling the good news about His Son, is my witness^(S) that I constantly mention you,^(T) ^{Tools
10} always asking in my prayers that if it is somehow in God’s will, I may now at last succeed in coming to you.^(U) ^{Tools
11} For I want very much to see you,^(V) so I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you, ^{Tools
12} that is, to be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.

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13} Now I want you to know,^(h)^(W) brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but was prevented until now^(X)) in order that I might have a fruitful ministry⁽ⁱ⁾ among you,^(Y) just as among the rest of the Gentiles. ^{Tools
14} I am obligated both to Greeks and barbarians,^(j)^(Z) both to the wise and the foolish. ^{Tools
15} So I am eager to preach the good news^(AA) to you also who are in Rome.

The Righteous Will Live by Faith

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16} For I am not ashamed of the gospel,^(k)^(AB) because it is God’s power for salvation^(AC) to everyone who believes, first to the Jew,^(AD) and also to the Greek.^(AE) ^{Tools
17} For in it God’s righteousness is revealed from faith to faith,^(l)^(AF) just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.^(m)^(AG)⁽ⁿ⁾

The Guilt of the Gentile World

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18} For God’s wrath^(AH) is revealed from heaven against all godlessness and unrighteousness of people who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth,^(AI) ^{Tools
19} since what can be known^(o) about God is evident among them,^(AJ) because God has shown it to them. ^{Tools
20} For His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world,^(AK) being understood through what He has made.^(AL) As a result, people are without excuse. ^{Tools
21} For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened.^(AM) ^{Tools
22} Claiming to be wise, they became fools^(AN) ^{Tools
23} and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.^(AO)

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24} Therefore God delivered them over in the cravings of their hearts^(AP) to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves. ^{Tools
25} They exchanged the truth of God for a lie,^(AQ) and worshiped and served something created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever.^(AR) Amen.

From Idolatry to Depravity

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26} This is why God delivered them over to degrading passions.^(AS) For even their females exchanged natural sexual relations^(p) for unnatural ones. ^{Tools
27} The males in the same way also left natural relations^(q) with females and were inflamed in their lust for one another. Males committed shameless acts with males^(AT) and received in their own persons^(r) the appropriate penalty of their error.

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28} And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a worthless mind to do what is morally wrong. ^{Tools
29} They are filled with all unrighteousness,^(s) evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,^(AU) ^{Tools
30} slanderers, God-haters, arrogant, proud, boastful,^(AV) inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,^(AW) ^{Tools
31} undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving,^(t)^(AX) and unmerciful. ^{Tools
32} Although they know full well God’s just sentence—that those who practice such things deserve to die^(u)^(AY)—they not only do them, but even applaud^(v)^(AZ) others who practice them.

Footnotes:

a. Romans 1:1: Or Jesus, a called apostle

b. Romans 1:3: Lit was of the seed of David

c. Romans 1:4: Or the spirit of holiness, or the Holy Spirit

d. Romans 1:5: Or Him for; lit Him into

e. Romans 1:5: Or the obedience that is faith, or the faithful obedience, or the obedience that comes from faith; Rm 16:26

f. Romans 1:5: Or Gentiles

g. Romans 1:8: Or because your faith

h. Romans 1:13: Lit I don’t want you to be unaware

i. Romans 1:13: Lit have some fruit

j. Romans 1:14: Or non-Greeks

k. Romans 1:16: Other mss add of Christ

l. Romans 1:17: Or revealed out of faith into faith

m. Romans 1:17: Or The one who is righteous by faith will live

n. Romans 1:17: Hab 2:4

o. Romans 1:19: Or what is known

p. Romans 1:26: Lit natural use

q. Romans 1:27: Lit natural use

r. Romans 1:27: Or in themselves

s. Romans 1:29: Other mss add sexual immorality

t. Romans 1:31: Other mss add unforgiving

u. Romans 1:32: Lit things are worthy of death

v. Romans 1:32: Lit even take pleasure in

Cross references:

A. Romans 1:1: 1 Corinthians 1:1; 1 Corinthians 9:1; 2 Corinthians 1:1

B. Romans 1:1: Acts 9:15; Acts 13:2

C. Romans 1:1: Mark 1:14

D. Romans 1:2: Titus 1:2

E. Romans 1:2: Luke 1:70; Romans 3:21; Romans 16:26

F. Romans 1:3: Matthew 1:1

G. Romans 1:3: John 1:14; Romans 4:1; Romans 9:3; Romans 9:5; 1 Corinthians 10:18

H. Romans 1:4: Acts 10:38; Acts 13:33; Acts 17:31; Acts 26:23

I. Romans 1:4: Matthew 4:3

J. Romans 1:5: Acts 1:25

K. Romans 1:5: Acts 6:7; Romans 16:26

L. Romans 1:5: Acts 9:15

M. Romans 1:6: Jude 1:1; Revelation 17:14

N. Romans 1:7: Romans 5:5; Romans 8:39; 1 Thessalonians 1:4

O. Romans 1:7: Romans 8:28; 1 Corinthians 1:24

P. Romans 1:7: 1 Corinthians 1:2-4

Q. Romans 1:8: Romans 16:19

R. Romans 1:9: 2 Timothy 1:3

S. Romans 1:9: Romans 9:1; 2 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 11:31; Philippians 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:10

T. Romans 1:9: Ephesians 1:16; Philippians 1:3-5; 1 Thessalonians 1:2; Philemon 1:4

U. Romans 1:10: Acts 18:21; Romans 15:32

V. Romans 1:11: Acts 19:21; Romans 15:23

W. Romans 1:13: 1 Corinthians 10:1; 1 Corinthians 11:3

X. Romans 1:13: Acts 19:21

Y. Romans 1:13: John 4:36; Romans 15:16; Philippians 1:22; Colossians 1:6

Z. Romans 1:14: Acts 28:2

AA. Romans 1:15: Romans 15:20; 1 Corinthians 9:16

AB. Romans 1:16: 2 Timothy 1:8; 2 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 1:16

AC. Romans 1:16: 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 1:24

AD. Romans 1:16: Acts 3:26; Romans 2:9

AE. Romans 1:16: John 7:35

AF. Romans 1:17: Romans 3:21; Romans 9:30; Philippians 3:9

AG. Romans 1:17: Habakkuk 2:4; Hebrews 10:38

AH. Romans 1:18: Romans 5:9; Ephesians 5:6; Colossians 3:6

AI. Romans 1:18: 2 Thessalonians 2:6-10

AJ. Romans 1:19: Acts 14:17; Acts 17:24-27

AK. Romans 1:20: Mark 10:6

AL. Romans 1:20: Job 12:7-9; Psalm 19:1-6; Jeremiah 5:21-22

AM. Romans 1:21: Jeremiah 2:5; Ephesians 4:17-20

AN. Romans 1:22: Jeremiah 10:14; 1 Corinthians 1:20

AO. Romans 1:23: Psalm 106:20; Jeremiah 2:11; Acts 17:29

AP. Romans 1:24: Ephesians 2:3; Ephesians 4:19

AQ. Romans 1:25: Isaiah 44:20; Jeremiah 10:14; Jeremiah 13:25; Jeremiah 16:19

AR. Romans 1:25: Romans 9:5; 2 Corinthians 11:31

AS. Romans 1:26: 1 Thessalonians 4:5

AT. Romans 1:27: Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13; 1 Corinthians 6:9

AU. Romans 1:29: 2 Corinthians 12:20

AV. Romans 1:30: Psalm 5:5

AW. Romans 1:30: 2 Timothy 3:2

AX. Romans 1:31: 2 Timothy 3:3

AY. Romans 1:32: Romans 6:21

AZ. Romans 1:32: Luke 11:48; Acts 8:1; Acts 22:20