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)— 2 the gospel he promised beforehand(D) through his prophets(E) in the Holy Scriptures(F) 3 regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life[a](G) was a descendant of David,(H) 4 and 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) 5 Through 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. 6 And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.(O)
7 To 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
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you,(S) because your faith is being reported all over the world.(T) 9 God, whom I serve(U) in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness(V) how constantly I remember you 10 in 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)
11 I long to see you(Z) so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift(AA) to make you strong— 12 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith. 13 I 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.
14 I am obligated(AE) both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. 15 That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.(AF)
16 For 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) 17 For 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
18 The wrath of God(AO) is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.(AP) 20 For 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)
21 For 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) 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools(AT) 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images(AU) made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.
24 Therefore 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) 25 They 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)
26 Because of this, God gave them over(BB) to shameful lusts.(BC) Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.(BD) 27 In 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)
28 Furthermore, 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. 29 They 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) 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;(BH) 31 they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love,(BI) no mercy. 32 Although 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
Romerne 1
En Levende Bok
Hilsen
1 1-2 Hilsen fra Paulus, som er Jesu Kristi[a] tjener. Jeg er valgt ut av Gud for å være hans utsending[b] og spre det glade budskapet som han for lenge siden lovet oss ved profetene sine i den Hellige Skriften[c]. 3-4 Dette er det glade budskapet om hans Sønn, Jesus Kristus, vår Herre. Han kom til verden som et menneske og ble født inn i slekten til kong David. Jesus Kristus var ikke bare menneske. Samtidig var han Guds sønn, noe som Gud på en mektig måte ga bevis på ved å la sin Hellige Ånd reise ham opp fra de døde.
5 Jesus Kristus har gitt meg den forretten å få være hans utsending og fortelle alle folk om det han har gjort, slik at de kan begynne å tro og lyde ham. Gjennom dette livet kan alle gi Gud ære. 6 Blant dem som har fått innbydelsen for å høre Jesus Kristus til, er også dere.
7 Til alle dere som bor i Roma, som er elsket av Gud og har takket ja til innbydelsen hans om å tilhøre ham.
Jeg ber om at Gud, vår Far, og Herren Jesus Kristus, vil vise dere godhet og fylle dere med fred.
Paulus lengter etter menigheten
8 Først av alt vil jeg si at jeg takker Gud for dere alle på grunn av det Jesus Kristus har gjort. Jeg takker Gud, etter som de over alt snakker om den troen dere har. 9 Gud selv vet at jeg stadig ber for dere. Det er ham jeg tjener av hele hjertet mens jeg sprer det glade budskapet om Guds sønn. 10 En ting jeg alltid ber om, er at jeg en dag må få muligheten til å reise til dere, om Gud vil. 11 Jeg lengter etter å treffe dere og dele alt godt med dere som Gud ved sin Ånd vil gi oss, slik at dere blir styrket i troen. 12 Eller rettere sagt: Slik at jeg kan oppmuntre dere, og dere meg, gjennom den tro vi har felles.
13 Jeg vil at dere skal vite, kjære søsken[d], at jeg flere ganger har tenkt å komme til dere, for at troen skal få det samme gode resultat hos dere, som den har fått hos andre folk. Alltid er det blitt noe som hindret meg i å komme. 14 Det inngår i oppdraget mitt å nå ut til folk, både i vår kultur og i andre kulturer[e], både til dem som er velutdannet og til vanlig enkle mennesker. 15 Derfor vil jeg gjerne komme til dere i Roma, slik at jeg kan spre det glade budskapet også der.
Kraften i det glade budskapet
16 Jeg skammer meg ikke for det glade budskapet om Jesus. Det handler om Guds kraft til å frelse hver og en som tror. Jødene var de første som fikk høre budskapet, men det gjelder for alle folk. 17 Det glade budskapet gjør klart at vi gjennom helhjertet å tro på Jesus, kan bli skyldfri innfor Gud. Det står i Skriften[f]: ”Den som tror, blir skyldfri innfor Gud og får leve.”[g]
Gud hater synden
18 Gud viser fra himmelen sitt sinne mot alle mennesker som lever i synd og ondskap, og som hindrer andre fra å kjenne til sannheten om ham. 19 De blir straffet fordi de ikke vil lyde Gud til tross for at de allerede kjenner til det vi kan vite om ham. Gud har vist hvem han er. 20 Helt siden verden ble skapt har menneskene kunne se Guds grenseløse makt og forstå at han virkelig er Gud. De kan ikke med sitt blotte øye oppdage egenskapene hans, men de kan forstå hvem Gud er gjennom å betrakte alt han har skapt. Derfor finnes det ingen unnskyldning for dem som ikke vil lyde Gud!
21 Til tross for at menneskene kjente Gud, nektet de å tilbe ham som Gud og takke ham. I stedet henga de seg til egne fantasier om tilværelsen. Deres forvirrede sinn ble fylt av et åndelig mørke. 22 De påsto seg å være kloke, men endte i stedet i den komplette dårskap. 23 I stedet for å tilbe Gud, han som har all makt og aldri kan dø, tilba de avguder, bilder av vanlige dødelige mennesker og alle slags dyr, både slike som flyr og slike som lever på land.
24 Gud lot folkene følge sine egne begjær. De utførte motbydelige og skammelige seksuelle handlinger med hverandre. 25 I stedet for å tro på Gud, han som er sannheten, valgte de å tro på løgn og bedrag. De tilba og tjente det skapte i stedet for Skaperen. Han er den som skal bli hyllet for evig. Ja, dette er sant![h]
26 Etter som de trodde på løgn og bedrag, lot Gud dem hengi seg til homoseksuelle aktiviteter. Til og med kvinnene byttet ut sin naturlige seksualitet og tilfredsstilte sine behov med hverandre. 27 Mennene sluttet å ha naturlige seksuelle forhold til kvinner og begynte å bli tent av begjær til hverandre, slik at de utførte skammelige handlinger med andre menn. På denne måten ble de selv årsaken til den rettferdige straffen de fikk for sin ondskap. 28 Ja, etter som de ikke brydde seg om å kjenne Gud, lot Gud dem få følge sine egne onde tanker, slik at de gjorde det de ikke skulle ha gjort. 29 Menneskene ble fylt av all slags ondskap, umoral, egoisme, hat, misunnelse, mordlyst, aggresjon, svik og ond vilje. 30 Ja, de sladrer og lyver om andre. De håner Gud. De er storsnutet, arrogante og skrytende. De finner stadig nye måter til å gjøre det som er ondt, de er ulydige mot foreldrene sine. 31 De tenker aldri på andre, men bryter stadig løftene sine, etter som de mangler både kjærlighet og medfølelse. 32 De vet at Gud en dag skal straffe dem med døden for det de gjør, men likevel fortsetter de. Ikke nok med det: De roser også andre som lever på dette viset.
Footnotes
- 1:1-2 ”Kristus” betyr ”den salvede” på gresk. Blant Israels folk ble konger, prester og profeter salvet med olje før de begynte oppgaven sin. Gud hadde ved profetene lovet å sende en salvet konge som skulle herske over alle folk. Det hebraisk ordet ”Messias” betyr også ”den salvede”.
- 1:1-2 Kalles også apostel.
- 1:1-2 ”Skriften” for jødene er Bibelens første del, den som vi kaller Det gamle testamente. Profetenes bok er en av delene i Skriften.
- 1:13 På gresk: brødre. Samme tolkning blir brukt gjennom hele brevet.
- 1:14 På gresk: til både greker og barbarer. Barbarene var et folkeslag som ikke tilhørte den gresk-romerske kulturen. De ble ansett for å være usiviliserte og ulærde.
- 1:17 ”Skriften” for jødene er Bibelens første del, den som vi kaller Det gamle testamente.
- 1:17 Se Habakkuk 2:4.
- 1:25 I grunnteksten: Amen!
Romans 1
Common English Bible
Greeting
1 From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for God’s good news. 2-3 God promised this good news about his Son ahead of time through his prophets in the holy scriptures. His Son was descended from David. 4 He was publicly identified as God’s Son with power through his resurrection from the dead, which was based on the Spirit of holiness. This Son is Jesus Christ our Lord. 5 Through him we have received God’s grace and our appointment to be apostles. This was to bring all Gentiles to faithful obedience for his name’s sake. 6 You who are called by Jesus Christ are also included among these Gentiles.
7 To those in Rome who are dearly loved by God and called to be God’s people.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thanksgiving and Paul’s plans to visit
8 First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because the news about your faithfulness is being spread throughout the whole world. 9 I serve God in my spirit by preaching the good news about God’s Son, and God is my witness that I continually mention you 10 in all my prayers. I’m always asking that somehow, by God’s will, I might succeed in visiting you at last. 11 I really want to see you to pass along some spiritual gift to you so that you can be strengthened. 12 What I mean is that we can mutually encourage each other while I am with you. We can be encouraged by the faithfulness we find in each other, both your faithfulness and mine.
13 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that I planned to visit you many times, although I have been prevented from coming until now. I want to harvest some fruit among you, just as I have done among the other Gentiles. 14 I have a responsibility both to Greeks and to those who don’t speak Greek, both to the wise and to the foolish.
God’s righteousness is revealed
15 That’s why I’m ready to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome. 16 I’m not ashamed of the gospel: it is God’s own power for salvation to all who have faith in God, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 God’s righteousness is being revealed in the gospel, from faithfulness[a] for faith,[b] as it is written, The righteous person will live by faith.[c]
Gentiles are without excuse
18 God’s wrath is being revealed from heaven against all the ungodly behavior and the injustice of human beings who silence the truth with injustice. 19 This is because what is known about God should be plain to them because God made it plain to them. 20 Ever since the creation of the world, God’s invisible qualities—God’s eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, because they are understood through the things God has made. So humans are without excuse. 21 Although they knew God, they didn’t honor God as God or thank him. Instead, their reasoning became pointless, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 While they were claiming to be wise, they made fools of themselves. 23 They exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images that look like mortal humans: birds, animals, and reptiles. 24 So God abandoned them to their hearts’ desires, which led to the moral corruption of degrading their own bodies with each other. 25 They traded God’s truth for a lie, and they worshipped and served the creation instead of the creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26 That’s why God abandoned them to degrading lust. Their females traded natural sexual relations for unnatural sexual relations. 27 Also, in the same way, the males traded natural sexual relations with females, and burned with lust for each other. Males performed shameful actions with males, and they were paid back with the penalty they deserved for their mistake in their own bodies. 28 Since they didn’t think it was worthwhile to acknowledge God, God abandoned them to a defective mind to do inappropriate things. 29 So they were filled with all injustice, wicked behavior, greed, and evil behavior. They are full of jealousy, murder, fighting, deception, and malice. They are gossips, 30 they slander people, and they hate God. They are rude and proud, and they brag. They invent ways to be evil, and they are disobedient to their parents. 31 They are without understanding, disloyal, without affection, and without mercy. 32 Though they know God’s decision that those who persist in such practices deserve death, they not only keep doing these things but also approve others who practice them.
Footnotes
- Romans 1:17 Or faith
- Romans 1:17 Or faithfulness
- Romans 1:17 Hab 2:4
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