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apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God— <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>the gospel He 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>regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh, <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: <p class="reg"> Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">Unashamed of the Gospel<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 for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>God, whom I serve with my spirit<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming 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 some spiritual gift to strengthen you, <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> both to the wise and the foolish. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome. <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="19"></a><p class="hdg">God’s Wrath against Sin<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. <A name="25"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise!<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> Amen. <A name="27"></a><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. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. <A name="29"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/1-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>in my spirit</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Literally <i>but have been prevented</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Literally <i>to Greeks and barbarians</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Literally <i>For in it is revealed the righteousness of God from faith to faith</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <a href="../habakkuk/2.htm#4">Habakkuk 2:4</a><br><span class="fnverse">25</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Or <i>forever blessed</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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