Romans 1:16-2:11

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The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

¹⁶ For ^(A)I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is ^(B)the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew ^(C)first and also to ^(D)the Greek. ¹⁷ For in it ^(E)the righteousness of God is revealed ^(F)from faith for faith,^{[a] (G)}as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”^[b]

God's Wrath on Unrighteousness

¹⁸ For ^(H)the wrath of God ^(I)is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. ¹⁹ For what can be ^(J)known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. ²⁰ For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, ^(K)have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. ²¹ For although they knew God, they did not honour him as God or give thanks to him, but they ^(L)became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. ^22 (M)Claiming to be wise, they became fools, ²³ and ^(N)exchanged the glory of ^(O)the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

²⁴ Therefore ^(P)God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to ^(Q)the dishonouring of their bodies among themselves, ²⁵ because they exchanged the truth about God for ^(R)a lie and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, ^(S)who is blessed for ever! Amen.

²⁶ For this reason ^(T)God gave them up to ^(U)dishonourable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; ²⁷ and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, ^(V)men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

²⁸ And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, ^(W)God gave them up to ^(X)a debased mind to do ^(Y)what ought not to be done. ²⁹ They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, ³⁰ slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, ³¹ foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. ³² Though they know ^(Z)God's decree that those who practise such things ^(AA)deserve to die, they not only do them but ^(AB)give approval to those who practise them.

God's Righteous Judgement

2 Therefore you have ^(AC)no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For ^(AD)in passing judgement on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practise the very same things. ² We know that the judgement of God rightly falls on those who practise such things. ³ Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practise such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgement of God? ⁴ Or do you presume on ^(AE)the riches of his kindness and ^(AF)forbearance and ^(AG)patience, ^(AH)not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? ⁵ But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are ^(AI)storing up ^(AJ)wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgement will be revealed.

^6 (AK)He will render to each one according to his works: ⁷ to those who ^(AL)by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life; ⁸ but for those who are self-seeking^[c] and ^(AM)do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. ⁹ There will be tribulation and distress ^(AN)for every human being who does evil, the Jew ^(AO)first and also the Greek, ¹⁰ but glory and honour and ^(AP)peace for everyone who does good, ^(AQ)the Jew first and also the Greek. ¹¹ For ^(AR)God shows no partiality.