1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle and separated unto the Gospel of God,

² which He had promised before by His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

³ concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was made of the seed of David according to the flesh,

⁴ and was 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 ye also are the called of Jesus Christ.

⁷ To all who are in Rome, beloved of God and 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 that now at length and by any means 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 that ye may be established:

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

¹³ Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I have purposed to come unto you (but was prevented 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 is in me, I am ready to preach the Gospel to you also who are at Rome.

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one who 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 shown it unto them.

²⁰ For from the creation of the world the invisible things of Him are clearly seen, being understood through the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.

²¹ For when they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God, nor 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 incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and to birds and fourfooted beasts and creeping things.

²⁴ Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies among themselves.

²⁵ They changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped 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 changed 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 recompense for 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 fitting,

²⁹ being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity. They are whisperers,

³⁰ backbiters, haters of God, spiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

³¹ without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affections, implacable, unmerciful.

³² And knowing the judgment of God, that those who commit such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but have pleasure in those who do them.