Romans 1:16-25

Holman Christian Standard Bible

The Righteous Will Live by Faith

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

The Guilt of the Gentile World

¹⁸ For God’s wrath^(G) is revealed from heaven against all godlessness and unrighteousness of people who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth,^{(H) 19} since what can be known^[e] about God is evident among them,^(I) because God has shown it to them. ²⁰ For His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world,^(J) being understood through what He has made.^(K) As a result, people are without excuse. ²¹ For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened.^{(L) 22} Claiming to be wise, they became fools^{(M) 23} and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.^(N)

²⁴ Therefore God delivered them over in the cravings of their hearts^(O) to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves. ²⁵ They exchanged the truth of God for a lie,^(P) and worshiped and served something created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever.^(Q) Amen.