Godbey - Romans - 1

1:1  Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called an apostle, having been separated unto the gospel of God,

1:2  which He proclaimed beforehand through His prophets in the holy scriptures,

1:3  concerning his Son, having been born of the seed of David according to the flesh;

1:4  having been ordained the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, from the resurrection of the dead, of Jesus Christ our Lord:

1:5  through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the Gentiles, in behalf of his name:

1:6  among whom ye are also called of Jesus Christ:

1:7  to all the beloved of God who are in Rome, saints having been called. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:8  In the first place, indeed, I praise my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

1:9  For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how I unceasingly make mention of you always in my prayer;

1:10  praying, if by any means I shall be prospered in the will of God to come to you.

1:11  For I long to see you, in order that I may impart unto you a certain spiritual grace, that you may be established;

1:12  but this is the consolation among you through faith in one another, both of you and me.

1:13  But I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that frequently I purposed to come to you, and was hindered hitherto, in order that I may have some fruit among you, as well as also among other Gentiles.

1:14  I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the barbarians; both to the wise, and the unwise:

1:15  so to my utmost ability, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.

1:16  For 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.

1:17  For the righteousness of God is revealed in him from faith to faith: as has been written, But the just shall live by faith.

1:18  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

1:19  because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God has revealed it to them:

1:20  for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are seen, being known by the things which are made, even His eternal power and divinity; so that they are without excuse:

1:21  because, knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, neither were they thankful; but they became vain in their reasonings, and their foolish heart was darkened.

1:22  Saying that they were wise, they became fools,

1:23  and changed the glory of the invisible God into the similitude of the likeness of corruptible man, and of birds, and of quadrupeds, and of creeping things.

1:24  Therefore God gave them up, in the lusts of their hearts, to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves:

1:25  who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for evermore: amen.

1:26  On account of this God gave them up to the lusts of dishonor: for indeed their women changed the natural use to that which is against nature:

1:27  likewise also the men, having left the natural use of the woman, burned in their desire towards one another; men with men working out disgrace, and receiving the reward of their error among themselves which it behooved.

1:28  And as they did not approve to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are inappropriate;

1:29  being filled with all injustice, wickedness, vice, covetousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceitfulness, evil affection;

1:30  whisperers, calumniators, haters of God, insulters, proud, arrogant, practitioners of evils, disobedient to parents,

1:31  covenant-breakers, incontinent, without natural affections, unmerciful,

1:32  who, knowing the rightfulness of God, that those who do such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but they even delight in those who are doing them.