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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Romans 1 Catholic Public Domain Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/romans/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/romans/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CPDV</a> > Romans 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../acts/28.htm" title="Acts 28">◄</a> Romans 1 <a href="../romans/2.htm" title="Romans 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/romans/1-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Paul Greets the Saints in Rome<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called as an Apostle, separated for the Gospel of God, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>which he had promised beforehand, through his Prophets, in the Holy Scriptures, <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>about his Son, who was made for him from the offspring of David according to the flesh, <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>the Son of God, who was predestined in virtue according to the Spirit of sanctification from the resurrection of the dead, our Lord Jesus Christ, <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>through whom we have received grace and Apostleship, for the sake of his name, for the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles, <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>from whom you also have been called by Jesus Christ:<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>To all who are at Rome, the beloved of God, called as saints. Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.<p> <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">Unashamed of the Gospel<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Certainly, I give thanks to my God, through Jesus Christ, first for all of you, because your faith is being announced throughout the entire world. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit by the Gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I have kept a remembrance of you <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>always in my prayers, pleading that in some way, at some time, I may have a prosperous journey, within the will of God, to come to you. <A name="12"></a><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 to you a certain spiritual grace to strengthen you, <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>specifically, to be consoled together with you through that which is mutual: your faith and mine. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But I want you to know, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you, (though I have been hindered even to the present time) so that I might obtain some fruit among you also, just as also among the other Gentiles. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>To the Greeks and to the uncivilized, to the wise and to the foolish, I am in debt. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So within me there is a prompting to evangelize to you also who are at Rome.<p> <A name="17"></a><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 unto salvation for all believers, the Jew first, and the Greek. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For the justice of God is revealed within it, by faith unto faith, just as it was written: “For the just one lives by faith.”<p> <A name="19"></a><p class="hdg">God’s Wrath against Sin<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven over every impiety and injustice among those men who fend off the truth of God with injustice. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For what is known about God is manifest in them. For God has manifested it to them. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For unseen things about him have been made conspicuous, since the creation of the world, being understood by the things that were made; likewise his everlasting virtue and divinity, so much so that they have no excuse. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For although they had known God, they did not glorify God, nor give thanks. Instead, they became weakened in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was obscured. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For, while proclaiming themselves to be wise, they became foolish. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And they exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of flying things, and of four-legged beasts, and of serpents.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For this reason, God handed them over to the desires of their own heart for impurity, so that they afflicted their own bodies with indignities among themselves. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And they exchanged the truth of God for a lie. And they worshipped and served the creature, rather than the Creator, who is blessed for all eternity. Amen.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Because of this, God handed them over to shameful passions. For example, their females have exchanged the natural use of the body for a use which is against nature. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And similarly, the males also, abandoning the natural use of females, have burned in their desires for one another: males doing with males what is disgraceful, and receiving within themselves the recompense that necessarily results from their error.<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And since they did not prove to have God by knowledge, God handed them over to a morally depraved way of thinking, so that they might do those things which are not fitting: <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>having been completely filled with all iniquity, malice, fornication, avarice, wickedness; full of envy, murder, contention, deceit, spite, gossiping; <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>slanderous, hateful toward God, abusive, arrogant, self-exalting, devisers of evil, disobedient to parents, <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>foolish, disorderly; without affection, without fidelity, without mercy. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And these, though they had known the justice of God, did not understand that those who act in such a manner are deserving of death, and not only those who do these things, but also those who consent to what is done.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../acts/28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../romans/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Romans 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Romans 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>