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title: Romans 1
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createdAt: 2024-09-08T03:23:34.082Z
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**1 **Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called *to be* an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, **2 **(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) **3 **Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; **4 **And declared *to be* the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: **5 **By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: **6 **Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:

**7 **To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called *to be* saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

**8 **First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. **9 **For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; **10 **Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. **11 **For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; **12 **That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. **13 **Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. **14 **I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. **15 **So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

**16 **For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. **17 **For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

**18 **For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; **19 **Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed *it* unto them. **20 **For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, *even* his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: **21 **Because that, when they knew God, they glorified *him* not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. **22 **Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, **23 **And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

**24 **Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: **25 **Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

**26 **For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: **27 **And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

**28 **And even as they did not like to retain God in *their* knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; **29 **Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, **30 **Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, **31 **Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: **32 **Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.