To all in Rome who are dear to God and have been called to become Christ's People, 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.

By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith in all nations for his name, Among whom are ye also, the called of Jesus Christ:

Among whom are, ye also, called of Jesus Christ:

Unto all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints, favour unto you, and peace, from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ.

For God is my witness, whose servant I am in spirit in the good news of his Son, that you are at all times in my memory and in my prayers,

For I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to them which are no Greeks, unto the learned and also unto the unlearned.

Thus, the eagerness on my part - unto you also who are in Rome, to announce the joyful message.

For God's anger from heaven is being uncovered against all the impiety and wickedness of the men who in their wickedness are suppressing the truth;

because what should be known of God they are acquainted with; for God hath manifested it unto them.

For, the unseen things of him, from a world's creation, by the things made, being perceived, are clearly seen, even his eternal power and divinity, - to the end they should be without excuse;

so that they are inexcusable; because having thus known God they glorified Him not as God, neither were they thankful; but were infatuated by their own reasonings, and their heart being void of understanding was darkened.

the honour due to God, who is immortal, they transferr'd to idols representing men, who are mortal, to birds, and beasts, and insects.

And, even as they did not approve to be holding, God, in acknowledgment, God gave them up unto a disapproved mind to be doing the things that are not becoming,

They are filled with all unrighteousness, evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

they are secret backbiters, open slanderers, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful; inventors of new forms of evil, undutiful to parents,

they do not have any sense; they do not keep their promises; they fail to show natural affection; and they are merciless.

Who, indeed, having acknowledged the righteous sentence of God, - that, they who such things as these do practise, are worthy of death, not only, the same things, are doing, but are even delighting together with them who are practising them .

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, every one [of you] who passes judgment. For in that which you pass judgment on someone else, you condemn yourself, for you who are passing judgment are doing the same [things].

But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

And dost thou think this, O man, who art judging those who such things are practising, and art doing them, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

Or are you unaware of his rich kindness, forbearance, and patience, that it is God's kindness that is leading you to repent?

But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.

Unto them, on the one hand, who, by way of endurance in good work, are seeking, glory, honour and incorruption, life age-abiding,

Unto them, on the other hand, who are of contention, and are not yielding unto the truth, but are yielding unto unrighteousness, anger and wrath,

Trouble and sorrow on all whose works are evil, to the Jew first and then to the Greek;

But glory and honour and peace to all whose works are good, to the Jew first and then to the Greek:

For as many as have sinned without the law shall perish without the law, and as many as have sinned with the law shall be judged by the law,??13 for not the hearers of the law are righteous with God, but the doers of the law shall be justified;

For, not the hearers of law, are righteous with God, but, the doers of law, shall be declared righteous;

For, whensoever the nations which have not law, by nature, the things of the law, may be doing, the same, not having law, unto themselves, are a law, -

for they shew that the duties prescrib'd by the law, are written in their hearts, their consciences bearing witness to it, by their own reasonings alternately accusing and excusing them.

Behold, thou are called a Jew, and rely upon the law, and boast in God,

know His will, and approve the things that are superior, being instructed from the law,

Art persuaded, moreover, that, thou thyself, art - a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness,

if you are instructors of the ignorant, and teachers of babies [i.e., immature people] and possess in the law of Moses the [correct] form of knowledge and truth ---

you then who teach your fellow man, do you refuse to teach yourself? You who cry out against stealing, are you yourself a thief?

You who say that a man may not be untrue to his wife, are you true to yours? you who are a hater of images, do you do wrong to the house of God?

You who take pride in the law, are you doing wrong to the honour of God by behaviour which is against the law?

For, “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written [in Scripture].

For circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

So if people who are uncircumcised observe the requirements of the Law, will they not be treated as though they were circumcised?

A man who is physically uncircumcised, but who fulfills the law, will judge you who are a lawbreaker in spite of having the letter of the law and circumcision.

They are great from every point of view. In the first place, the Jews are entrusted with the utterances of God.

the faithfulness of God of no effect? by no means; yea, let God be acknowledged to be true, tho' men should be all deceivers; as it is written, " that you might be justified in your sayings, and might overcome when you are judged."

But if our unrighteousness highlights God’s righteousness, what are we to say? I use a human argument: Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath?

And why not, according as we are injuriously charged, and according as some affirm that we say, Let us do the bad things, that the good ones may come? whose sentence is, just.

What then? Are we any better? Not at all! For we have previously charged that both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin,

They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Their throats are just like open graves, with their tongues they have spoken treachery; the poison of asps is under their lips.

"Whose mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."

Swift, are their feet to shed blood;

Destruction and misery, are in their ways,

Now we know that, whatsoever things the law saith, to them who are within the law, it speaketh, in order that, every mouth, may be stopped and all the world come, under penal sentence, unto God.

but it is a righteousness of God which comes by believing in Jesus Christ. And it is meant for all who have faith. No distinctions are drawn.

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God --

They are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

since God [is] one, who will justify {those who are circumcised} by faith and {those who are uncircumcised} through faith.

Then what are we to say about our forefather Abraham?

For what are the words of Scripture? 'Abraham had faith in God, and his faith was regarded by God as righteousness.'

Now wages are not considered a gift if the person has to work for them, but [rather] an obligation [of his employer].

Just as David himself describes the bliss of the man who has righteousness counted to him by God apart from what he does ??7 Blessed are they whose breaches of the Law are forgiven, whose sins are covered!

Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

Therefore, [is] this blessing for {those who are circumcised}, or also for {those who are uncircumcised}? For we say, "Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness."

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while still uncircumcised. This was to make him the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, so that righteousness may be credited to them also.

And father of circumcision - unto them who are not of circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of the faith, while yet uncircumcised, of our father Abraham.

For, if they who are of law are heirs, made void is faith and of no effect is the promise.

This is why the promise is by faith, so that it may be according to grace, to guarantee it to all the descendants—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of Abraham’s faith. He is the father of us all

Even as it is written - Father of many nations, have I appointed thee: before him whom he believed - God, who causeth the dead to live, and calleth the things that are not as things that are: -

it was for our sakes too. Faith, before long, will be placed to the credit of us also who are believers in Him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead,

Because therefore that we are justified by faith we are at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

who has given us access by faith to that degree of favour, we are in, by which we triumph in the hopes of divine glory.

And not only so, but we are actually exulting also even in our troubles; for we know that trouble works fortitude,

And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.

Much more then, now seeing we are justified in his blood, shall we be saved from wrath through him.

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his son: much more, seeing we are reconciled, we shall be preserved by his life.

And, not only, so, but are even boasting in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, - through whom, now, the reconciliation we have received.

It is true sin was in the world before the Law was given, and men are not charged with sin where there is no law.

But not as the offense, so also is the free gift. For if through the offense of one many are dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded to many.

for if by the offence of the one the death did reign through the one, much more those, who the abundance of the grace and of the free gift of the righteousness are receiving, in life shall reign through the one -- Jesus Christ.

Therefore as by one offence all men fell under condemnation: even so by one act of righteousness, all men are restored to life.

What then shall we say? are we still to continue in sin that favour may abound?

God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

are ye ignorant that we, as many as were baptized to Christ Jesus, to his death were baptized?

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

For if we are become identified with him in the likeness of his death, so also we shall be of his resurrection;

for by its being dead, we are set free from sin.

since then we died with Christ, we are persuaded that we shall also live with him:

Likewise, imagine ye also, that ye are dead concerning sin: but are alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

For, sin, over you, shall not have lordship, for ye are not under law, but under favour.

What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law but under favour? Far be it!

Know ye not that, unto whom ye are presenting yourselves as servants for obedience, servants ye are unto him unto whom ye are obedient, whether of sin unto death or of obedience unto righteousness?

Ye are then made free from sin, and are become the servants of righteousness.

What fruit, therefore, had ye then - in things for which ye now are taking shame to yourselves? For, the end of those things, is death.

But now are ye delivered from sin, and made the servants of God, and have your fruit that ye should be sanctified; and the end: everlasting life.

For the wages paid by Sin are death; but God's free gift is the Life of the Ages bestowed upon us in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Or are ye ignorant, brethren, - for unto them that understand the law am I speaking, that, the law, hath lordship over a men as long as he liveth?

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

for when we were in the flesh, the passions of the sins, that are through the law, were working in our members, to bear fruit to the death;

But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.