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<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called <i>as</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of His Son, is my witness <i>as to</i> how without ceasing I make mention of you, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>always in my prayers earnestly asking, if perhaps now at last by the will of God I may succeed in coming to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be strengthened; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>that is, to be mutually encouraged, <i>while</i> among you, by each other’s faith, both yours and mine. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that often I have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I am <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>In this way, for my part, I am eager to proclaim the gospel to you also who are in Rome. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For in it <i>the</i> righteousness of God is revealed <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>from faith to faith; as it is written, “<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>BUT THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH.” <p class="hdg">God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>in unrighteousness, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>because that which is known about God is evident <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>within them; for God made it evident to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, both His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For even though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was darkened. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Professing to be wise, they became fools, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the likeness of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For they exchanged the truth of God for <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>forever. Amen. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions; for their females exchanged the natural function for that which is <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>unnatural, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>and in the same way also the males abandoned the natural function of the female and burned in their desire toward one another, males with males committing <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>indecent acts and receiving in <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>their own persons the due penalty of their error. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And just as they did not see fit <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>to acknowledge God, God gave them over to an unfit mind, to do those things which are not proper, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; <i>they are</i> gossips, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>slanderers, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>haters of God, violent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>and although they know the righteous requirement of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice <i>them</i>.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>a called apostle</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Or <i>spirit</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Or <i>as a result of</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>holy ones</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>concerning you all, that...</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>debtor</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Or <i>by</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Or <i>But he who is righteous by faith shall live</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Or <i>by</i><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> Or <i>among</i><br><span class="fnverse">25</span> Lit <i>the lie</i><br><span class="fnverse">25</span> Lit <i>to the ages</i><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> Lit <i>against nature</i><br><span class="fnverse">27</span> Lit <i>the shameless deed</i><br><span class="fnverse">27</span> Lit <i>themselves</i><br><span class="fnverse">28</span> Lit <i>to have God in knowledge</i><br><span class="fnverse">30</span> Or <i>hateful to God</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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