Romains 1

Louis Segond

1 Paul, serviteur de Jésus Christ, appelé à être apôtre, mis à part pour annoncer l'Évangile de Dieu, -

²qui avait été promis auparavant de la part de Dieu par ses prophètes dans les saintes Écritures,

³et qui concerne son Fils (né de la postérité de David, selon la chair,

⁴et déclaré Fils de Dieu avec puissance, selon l'Esprit de sainteté, par sa résurrection d'entre les morts), Jésus Christ notre Seigneur,

⁵par qui nous avons reçu la grâce et l'apostolat, pour amener en son nom à l'obéissance de la foi tous les païens,

⁶parmi lesquels vous êtes aussi, vous qui avez été appelés par Jésus Christ-

⁷à tous ceux qui, à Rome, sont bien-aimés de Dieu, appelés à être saints: que la grâce et la paix vous soient données de la part de Dieu notre Père et du Seigneur Jésus Christ!

⁸Je rends d'abord grâces à mon Dieu par Jésus Christ, au sujet de vous tous, de ce que votre foi est renommée dans le monde entier.

⁹Dieu, que je sers en mon esprit dans l'Évangile de son Fils, m'est témoin que je fais sans cesse mention de vous,

¹⁰demandant continuellement dans mes prières d'avoir enfin, par sa volonté, le bonheur d'aller vers vous.

¹¹Car je désire vous voir, pour vous communiquer quelque don spirituel, afin que vous soyez affermis,

¹²ou plutôt, afin que nous soyons encouragés ensemble au milieu de vous par la foi qui nous est commune, à vous et à moi.

¹³Je ne veux pas vous laisser ignorer, frères, que j'ai souvent formé le projet d'aller vous voir, afin de recueillir quelque fruit parmi vous, comme parmi les autres nations; mais j'en ai été empêché jusqu'ici.

¹⁴Je me dois aux Grecs et aux barbares, aux savants et aux ignorants.

¹⁵Ainsi j'ai un vif désir de vous annoncer aussi l'Évangile, à vous qui êtes à Rome.

¹⁶Car je n'ai point honte de l'Évangile: c'est une puissance de Dieu pour le salut de quiconque croit, du Juif premièrement, puis du Grec,

¹⁷parce qu'en lui est révélée la justice de Dieu par la foi et pour la foi, selon qu'il est écrit: Le juste vivra par la foi.

¹⁸La colère de Dieu se révèle du ciel contre toute impiété et toute injustice des hommes qui retiennent injustement la vérité captive,

¹⁹car ce qu'on peut connaître de Dieu est manifeste pour eux, Dieu le leur ayant fait connaître.

²⁰En effet, les perfections invisibles de Dieu, sa puissance éternelle et sa divinité, se voient comme à l'oeil, depuis la création du monde, quand on les considère dans ses ouvrages. Ils sont donc inexcusables,

²¹puisque ayant connu Dieu, ils ne l'ont point glorifié comme Dieu, et ne lui ont point rendu grâces; mais ils se sont égarés dans leurs pensées, et leur coeur sans intelligence a été plongé dans les ténèbres.

²²Se vantant d'être sages, ils sont devenus fous;

²³et ils ont changé la gloire du Dieu incorruptible en images représentant l'homme corruptible, des oiseaux, des quadrupèdes, et des reptiles.

²⁴C'est pourquoi Dieu les a livrés à l'impureté, selon les convoitises de leurs coeurs; en sorte qu'ils déshonorent eux-mêmes leurs propres corps;

²⁵eux qui ont changé la vérité de Dieu en mensonge, et qui ont adoré et servi la créature au lieu du Créateur, qui est béni éternellement. Amen!

²⁶C'est pourquoi Dieu les a livrés à des passions infâmes: car leurs femmes ont changé l'usage naturel en celui qui est contre nature;

²⁷et de même les hommes, abandonnant l'usage naturel de la femme, se sont enflammés dans leurs désirs les uns pour les autres, commettant homme avec homme des choses infâmes, et recevant en eux-mêmes le salaire que méritait leur égarement.

²⁸Comme ils ne se sont pas souciés de connaître Dieu, Dieu les a livrés à leur sens réprouvé, pour commettre des choses indignes,

²⁹étant remplis de toute espèce d'injustice, de méchanceté, de cupidité, de malice; pleins d'envie, de meurtre, de querelle, de ruse, de malignité;

³⁰rapporteurs, médisants, impies, arrogants, hautains, fanfarons, ingénieux au mal, rebelles à leurs parents, dépourvus d'intelligence,

³¹de loyauté, d'affection naturelle, de miséricorde.

³²Et, bien qu'ils connaissent le jugement de Dieu, déclarant dignes de mort ceux qui commettent de telles choses, non seulement ils les font, mais ils approuvent ceux qui les font.

Romans 1

New American Standard Bible

The Gospel Exalted

1 Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, ^[a]^(A)called as an apostle, ^(B)set apart for ^(C)the gospel of God, ²which He ^(D)promised beforehand through His ^(E)prophets in the holy Scriptures, ³concerning His Son, who was born ^(F)of a ^[b]descendant of David ^(G)according to the flesh, ⁴who was declared ^(H)the Son of God with power according to the ^[c]Spirit of holiness ^[d]by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, ⁵through whom we have received grace and ^(I)apostleship ^[e]to bring about the ^(J)obedience of faith among ^(K)all the Gentiles in behalf of His name, ⁶among whom you also are the ^(L)called of Jesus Christ;

⁷to all who are ^(M)beloved of God in Rome, called as ^[f]^(N)saints: ^(O)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁸First, ^(P)I thank my God through Jesus Christ ^[g]for you all, because ^(Q)your faith is being proclaimed throughout the world. ⁹For ^(R)God, whom I ^(S)serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly ^(T)I make mention of you, ¹⁰always in my prayers requesting if perhaps now, at last by ^(U)the will of God, I will succeed in coming to you. ¹¹For ^(V)I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be ^[h]established; ¹²that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine. ¹³^(W)I do not want you to be unaware, ^(X)brothers and sisters, that often I ^(Y)have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some ^(Z)fruit among you also just as among the rest of the Gentiles. ¹⁴^(AA)I am ^[i]under obligation both to Greeks and to the ^[j]^(AB)uncultured, both to the wise and to the foolish. ¹⁵So, for my part, I am eager to ^(AC)preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

¹⁶For I am not ^(AD)ashamed of the gospel, for ^(AE)it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the ^(AF)Jew first and also to ^(AG)the Greek. ¹⁷For in it ^(AH)the righteousness of God is revealed ^[k]from faith to faith; as it is written: “^[l]^(AI)But the righteous one will live by faith.”

Unbelief and Its Consequences

¹⁸For ^(AJ)the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who ^(AK)suppress the truth ^[m]in unrighteousness, ¹⁹because ^(AL)that which is known about God is evident ^[n]within them; for God made it evident to them. ²⁰For ^(AM)since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ^(AN)being understood by what has been made, so that they are without excuse. ²¹For even though they knew God, they did not ^[o]honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became ^(AO)futile in their reasonings, and their senseless hearts were darkened. ²²^(AP)Claiming to be wise, they became fools, ²³and they ^(AQ)exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible mankind, of birds, four-footed animals, and ^[p]crawling creatures.

²⁴Therefore ^(AR)God gave them up to vile impurity in the lusts of their hearts, so that their bodies would be ^(AS)dishonored among them. ²⁵For they exchanged the truth of God for ^[q]^(AT)falsehood, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, ^(AU)who is blessed ^[r]forever. Amen.

²⁶For this reason ^(AV)God gave them over to ^(AW)degrading passions; for their women exchanged natural relations for that which is contrary to nature, ²⁷and likewise the men, too, abandoned natural relations ^[s]with women and burned in their desire toward one another, ^(AX)males with males committing ^[t]shameful acts and receiving in ^[u]their own persons the due penalty of their error.

²⁸And just as they did not see fit ^[v]to acknowledge God, ^(AY)God gave them up to a depraved mind, to do those things that are not proper, ²⁹people having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice; they are ^(AZ)gossips, ³⁰slanderers, ^[w]^(BA)haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, ^(BB)disobedient to parents, ³¹without understanding, untrustworthy, ^(BC)unfeeling, and unmerciful; ³²and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of ^(BD)death, they not only do the same, but also ^(BE)approve of those who practice them.

Footnotes

Romans 1:1 Lit a called apostle
Romans 1:3 Lit seed
Romans 1:4 Or spirit
Romans 1:4 Or as a result of
Romans 1:5 Lit for obedience
Romans 1:7 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
Romans 1:8 Or concerning you all, that...
Romans 1:11 Or strengthened
Romans 1:14 Lit debtor
Romans 1:14 I.e., non-Hellenes
Romans 1:17 Or by
Romans 1:17 Or But the one who is righteous by faith shall live
Romans 1:18 Or by
Romans 1:19 Or among
Romans 1:21 Lit glorify
Romans 1:23 Or reptiles
Romans 1:25 Lit the lie
Romans 1:25 Lit unto the ages
Romans 1:27 Lit of the female
Romans 1:27 Lit shamelessness
Romans 1:27 Lit themselves
Romans 1:28 Lit to have God in knowledge
Romans 1:30 Or hateful to God

Romans 1

New International Version

1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle^(A) and set apart^(B) for the gospel of God^(C)— ²the gospel he promised beforehand^(D) through his prophets^(E) in the Holy Scriptures^(F) ³regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life^[a]^(G) was a descendant of David,^(H) ⁴and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power^[b]^(I) by his resurrection from the dead:^(J) Jesus Christ our Lord.^(K) ⁵Through him we received grace^(L) and apostleship to call all the Gentiles^(M) to the obedience that comes from^[c] faith^(N) for his name’s sake. ⁶And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.^(O)

⁷To all in Rome who are loved by God^(P) and called to be his holy people:^(Q)

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.^(R)

Paul’s Longing to Visit Rome

⁸First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you,^(S) because your faith is being reported all over the world.^(T) ⁹God, whom I serve^(U) in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness^(V) how constantly I remember you ¹⁰in my prayers at all times;^(W) and I pray that now at last by God’s will^(X) the way may be opened for me to come to you.^(Y)

¹¹I long to see you^(Z) so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift^(AA) to make you strong— ¹²that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith. ¹³I do not want you to be unaware,^(AB) brothers and sisters,^[d]^(AC) that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now)^(AD) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

¹⁴I am obligated^(AE) both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. ¹⁵That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.^(AF)

¹⁶For I am not ashamed of the gospel,^(AG) because it is the power of God^(AH) that brings salvation to everyone who believes:^(AI) first to the Jew,^(AJ) then to the Gentile.^(AK) ¹⁷For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed^(AL)—a righteousness that is by faith^(AM) from first to last,^[e] just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”^[f]^(AN)

God’s Wrath Against Sinful Humanity

¹⁸The wrath of God^(AO) is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, ¹⁹since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.^(AP) ²⁰For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made,^(AQ) so that people are without excuse.^(AR)

²¹For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.^(AS) ²²Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools^(AT) ²³and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images^(AU) made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.

²⁴Therefore God gave them over^(AV) in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.^(AW) ²⁵They exchanged the truth about God for a lie,^(AX) and worshiped and served created things^(AY) rather than the Creator—who is forever praised.^(AZ) Amen.^(BA)

²⁶Because of this, God gave them over^(BB) to shameful lusts.^(BC) Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.^(BD) ²⁷In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.^(BE)

²⁸Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over^(BF) to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. ²⁹They 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,^(BG) ³⁰slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;^(BH) ³¹they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love,^(BI) no mercy. ³²Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death,^(BJ) they not only continue to do these very things but also approve^(BK) of those who practice them.

Footnotes

Romans 1:3 Or who according to the flesh
Romans 1:4 Or was declared with power to be the Son of God
Romans 1:5 Or that is
Romans 1:13 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 7:1, 4; 8:12, 29; 10:1; 11:25; 12:1; 15:14, 30; 16:14, 17.
Romans 1:17 Or is from faith to faith
Romans 1:17 Hab. 2:4

Romans 1

King James Version

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,)

³Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

⁴And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

⁵By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

⁶Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:

⁷To 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.

⁸First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

⁹For 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;

¹⁰Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.

¹¹For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

¹²That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

¹³Now 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.

¹⁴I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

¹⁵So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

¹⁶For 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.

¹⁷For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

¹⁸For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

¹⁹Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

²⁰For 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:

²¹Because 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.

²²Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

²³And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

²⁴Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

²⁵Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

²⁶For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

²⁷And 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.

²⁸And 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;

²⁹Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

³⁰Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

³¹Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

³²Who 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.

Romans 1

New King James Version

Greeting

1 Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, ^(A)called to be an apostle, ^(B)separated to the gospel of God ²^(C)which He promised before ^(D)through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, ³concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who ^[a]was ^(E)born of the seed of David according to the flesh, ⁴and ^(F)declared to be the Son of God with power according ^(G)to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. ⁵Through Him ^(H)we have received grace and apostleship for ^(I)obedience to the faith among all nations ^(J)for His name, ⁶among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ;

⁷To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, ^(K)called to be saints:

^(L)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Desire to Visit Rome

⁸First, ^(M)I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that ^(N)your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. ⁹For ^(O)God is my witness, ^(P)whom I serve ^[b]with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that ^(Q)without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers, ¹⁰making request if, by some means, now at last I may find a way in the will of God to come to you. ¹¹For I long to see you, that ^(R)I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established— ¹²that is, that I may be encouraged together with you by ^(S)the mutual faith both of you and me.

¹³Now I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to come to you (but ^(T)was hindered until now), that I might have some ^(U)fruit among you also, just as among the other Gentiles. ¹⁴I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise. ¹⁵So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.

The Just Live by Faith

¹⁶For ^(V)I am not ashamed of the gospel ^[c]of Christ, for ^(W)it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, ^(X)for the Jew first and also for the Greek. ¹⁷For ^(Y)in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, ^(Z)“The just shall live by faith.”

God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness

¹⁸^(AA)For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and ^(AB)unrighteousness of men, who ^[d]suppress the truth in unrighteousness, ¹⁹because ^(AC)what may be known of God is ^[e]manifest ^[f]in them, for ^(AD)God has shown it to them. ²⁰For since the creation of the world ^(AE)His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and ^[g]Godhead, so that they are without excuse, ²¹because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but ^(AF)became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. ²²^(AG)Professing to be wise, they became fools, ²³and changed the glory of the ^(AH)incorruptible ^(AI)God into an image made like ^[h]corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.

²⁴^(AJ)Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, ^(AK)to dishonor their bodies ^(AL)among themselves, ²⁵who exchanged ^(AM)the truth of God ^(AN)for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

²⁶For this reason God gave them up to ^(AO)vile passions. For even their ^[i]women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. ²⁷Likewise also the ^[j]men, leaving the natural use of the ^[k]woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

²⁸And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things ^(AP)which are not fitting; ²⁹being filled with all unrighteousness, ^[l]sexual immorality, wickedness, ^[m]covetousness, ^[n]maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, ³⁰backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, ³¹^[o]undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, ^[p]unforgiving, unmerciful; ³²who, ^(AQ)knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things ^(AR)are deserving of death, not only do the same but also ^(AS)approve of those who practice them.

Footnotes

Romans 1:3 came
Romans 1:9 Or in
Romans 1:16 NU omits of Christ
Romans 1:18 hold down
Romans 1:19 evident
Romans 1:19 among
Romans 1:20 divine nature, deity
Romans 1:23 perishable
Romans 1:26 Lit. females
Romans 1:27 Lit. males
Romans 1:27 Lit. female
Romans 1:29 NU omits sexual immorality
Romans 1:29 greed
Romans 1:29 malice
Romans 1:31 without understanding
Romans 1:31 NU omits unforgiving

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