Romans 1

The Gospel Exalted

1FROM PAUL, a bond servant of Jesus Christ (the Messiah) called to be an apostle, (a special messenger) set apart to [preach] the Gospel (good news) of {and} from God,G3972G1401G2424G5547G2822G652G873G1519G2098G23162Which He promised in advance [long ago] through His prophets in the sacred Scriptures--G3739G4279G1223G846G4396G1722G40G11243[The Gospel] regarding His Son, Who as to the flesh (His human nature) was descended from David,G4012G846G5207G2424G5547G2257G2962G3588G1096G1537G4690G1138G2596G45614And [as to His divine nature] according to the Spirit of holiness was openly designated the Son of God in power [in a striking, triumphant and miraculous manner] by His resurrection from the dead, even Jesus Christ our Lord (the Messiah, the Anointed One).G3724G5207G2316G1722G1411G2596G4151G42G1537G386G34985It is through Him that we have received grace (God's unmerited favor) and [our] apostleship to promote obedience to the faith {and} make disciples for His name's sake among all the nations,G1223G3739G2983G5485G2532G651G1519G5218G4102G1722G3956G1484G5228G846G36866And this includes you, called of Jesus Christ {and} invited [as you are] to belong to Him.G1722G3739G2075G5210G2532G2822G2424G55477To [you then] all God's beloved ones in Rome, called to be saints {and} designated for a consecrated life: Grace {and} spiritual blessing and peace be yours from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.G3956G5607G1722G4516G27G2316G2822G40G5485G5213G2532G1515G575G2316G2257G3962G2532G2962G2424G55478First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because [the report of] your faith is made known to all the world {and} is commended everywhere.G4412G3303G2168G3450G2316G1223G2424G5547G5228G5216G3956G3754G5216G4102G2605G1722G3650G28899For God is my witness, Whom I serve with my [whole] spirit [rendering priestly and spiritual service] in [preaching] the Gospel {and} [telling] the good news of His Son, how incessantly I always mention you when at my prayers.G1063G2316G2076G3450G3144G3739G3000G1722G3450G4151G1722G2098G846G5207G5613G89G4160G3417G5216G3842G1909G3450G433510I keep pleading that somehow by God's will I may now at last prosper {and} come to you.G1189G1513G2235G4218G2137G1722G2307G2316G2064G4314G520911For I am yearning to see you, that I may impart {and} share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen {and} establish you;G1063G1971G1492G5209G2443G3330G5213G5100G4152G5486G1519G5209G474112That is, that we may be mutually strengthened {and} encouraged {and} comforted by each other's faith, both yours and mine.G1161G5124G2076G4837G1722G5213G1223G1722G240G4102G5037G5216G2532G170013I want you to know, brethren, that many times I have planned {and} intended to come to you, though thus far I have been hindered {and} prevented, in order that I might have some fruit (some result of my labors) among you, as I have among the rest of the Gentiles.G1161G2309G3756G50G5209G50G80G3754G4178G4388G2064G4314G5209G2532G2967G891G1204G2443G2192G5100G2590G1722G5213G2532G2531G2532G1722G3062G148414Both to Greeks and to barbarians (to the cultured and to the uncultured), both to the wise and the foolish, I have an obligation to discharge {and} a duty to perform {and} a debt to pay.G1510G3781G5037G1672G2532G915G5037G4680G2532G45315So, for my part, I am willing {and} eagerly ready to preach the Gospel to you also who are in Rome.G3779G2596G1691G4289G2097G5213G1722G4516G253216For I am not ashamed of the Gospel (good news) {of Christ,} for it is God's power working unto salvation [for deliverance from eternal death] to everyone who believes {with} a personal trust {and} a confident surrender {and} firm reliance, to the Jew first and also to the Greek,G1063G1870G3756G1870G2098G5547G1063G2076G1411G2316G1519G4991G3956G4100G2453G4412G5037G2532G167217For in the Gospel a righteousness which God ascribes is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith [disclosed through the way of faith that arouses to more faith]. As it is written, The man who through faith is just {and} upright shall live {and} shall live by faith.G1063G1722G846G601G1343G2316G601G1537G4102G1519G4102G2531G1125G1161G1342G2198G1537G4102

Unbelief and Its Consequences

18For God's [holy] wrath {and} indignation are revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who in their wickedness repress {and} hinder the truth {and} make it inoperative.G1063G3709G2316G601G575G3772G1909G3956G763G2532G93G444G2722G225G1722G9319For that which is known about God is evident to them {and} made plain in their inner consciousness, because God [Himself] has shown it to them.G1360G1110G2316G2076G5318G1722G846G1063G2316G5319G84620For ever since the creation of the world His invisible nature {and} attributes, that is, His eternal power and divinity, have been made intelligible {and} clearly discernible in {and} through the things that have been made (His handiworks). So [men] are without excuse [altogether without any defense or justification],G1063G517G846G575G2937G2889G2529G3539G4161G5037G846G126G1411G2532G2305G1519G846G1511G37921Because when they knew {and} recognized Him as God, they did not honor {and} glorify Him as God or give Him thanks. But instead they became futile {and} godless in their thinking [with vain imaginings, foolish reasoning, and stupid speculations] and their senseless minds were darkened.G1360G1097G2316G1392G3756G5613G2316G2228G2168G235G3154G1722G846G1261G2532G846G801G2588G465422Claiming to be wise, they became fools [professing to be smart, they made simpletons of themselves].G5335G1511G4680G347123And by them the glory and majesty {and} excellence of the immortal God were exchanged for {and} represented by images, resembling mortal man and birds and beasts and reptiles.G2532G236G1391G862G2316G1722G1504G3667G5349G444G2532G4071G2532G5074G2532G206224Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their [own] hearts to sexual impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves [abandoning them to the degrading power of sin],G1352G2316G2532G3860G846G3860G1519G167G1722G1939G846G2588G818G846G4983G1722G143825Because they exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, Who is blessed forever! Amen (so be it).G3748G3337G225G2316G1722G5579G2532G4573G2532G3000G2937G3844G2936G3739G2076G2128G1519G165G28126For this reason God gave them over {and} abandoned them to vile affections {and} degrading passions. For their women exchanged their natural function for an unnatural {and} abnormal one,G1223G5124G2316G3860G846G3860G1519G819G3806G1063G5037G846G2338G3337G5446G5540G1519G3844G544927And the men also turned from natural relations with women and were set ablaze (burning out, consumed) with lust for one another--men committing shameful acts with men and suffering in their own bodies {and} personalities the inevitable consequences {and} penalty of their wrong-doing {and} going astray, which was [their] fitting retribution.G5037G3668G2532G730G863G5446G5540G2338G1572G1722G846G3715G1519G240G730G1722G730G2716G808G2532G618G1722G1438G489G846G4106G3739G116328And so, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God {or} approve of Him {or} consider Him worth the knowing, God gave them over to a base {and} condemned mind to do things not proper {or} decent {but} loathsome,G2532G2531G1381G3756G1381G2192G2316G1722G1922G2316G3860G846G3860G1519G96G3563G4160G2520G3361G252029Until they were filled (permeated and saturated) with every kind of unrighteousness, iniquity, grasping {and} covetous greed, and malice. [They were] full of envy {and} jealousy, murder, strife, deceit {and} treachery, ill will {and} cruel ways. [They were] secret backbiters {and} gossipers,G4137G3956G93G4202G4189G4124G2549G3324G5355G5408G2054G1388G2550G558830Slanderers, hateful to {and} hating God, full of insolence, arrogance, [and] boasting; inventors of new forms of evil, disobedient {and} undutiful to parents.G2637G2319G5197G5244G213G2182G2556G545G111831[They were] without understanding, conscienceless {and} faithless, heartless {and} loveless [and] merciless.G801G802G794G786G41532Though they are fully aware of God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve to die, they not only do them themselves but approve {and} applaud others who practice them.G3748G1921G1345G2316G3754G4238G5108G1526G514G2288G3756G3440G4160G846G235G2532G4909G4238