Romans 1
Christian Standard Bible
The Gospel of God for Rome
1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle[a](A) and set apart(B) for the gospel of God(C)— 2 which he promised beforehand(D) through his prophets(E) in the Holy Scriptures— 3 concerning his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David[b](F) according to the flesh(G) 4 and was appointed to be the powerful(H) Son of God(I) according to the Spirit of holiness[c] by the resurrection of the dead. 5 Through him we have received grace and apostleship(J) to bring about[d] the obedience(K) of faith for the sake of his name among all the Gentiles,[e](L) 6 including you who are also called by Jesus Christ.(M)
7 To all who are in Rome, loved by God,(N) called(O) as saints.(P)
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Paul’s Desire to Visit Rome
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you because the news of your faith[f] is being reported in all the world.(Q) 9 God is my witness,(R) whom I serve with my spirit(S) in telling the good news about his Son—that I constantly mention you,(T) 10 always asking in my prayers that if it is somehow in God’s will, I may now at last succeed in coming to you.(U) 11 For I want very much to see you,(V) so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you, 12 that is, to be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.
13 Now I don’t want you to be unaware,(W) brothers and sisters, that I often planned to come to you (but was prevented until now(X)) in order that I might have a fruitful ministry[g] among you,(Y) just as I have had among the rest of the Gentiles. 14 I am obligated both to Greeks and barbarians,[h](Z) both to the wise and the foolish. 15 So I am eager to preach the gospel(AA) to you also who are in Rome.
The Righteous Will Live by Faith
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel,[i](AB) because it is the power of God for salvation(AC) to everyone who believes, first to the Jew,(AD) and also to the Greek.(AE) 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith,[j](AF) just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.[k][l](AG)
The Guilt of the Gentile World
18 For God’s wrath(AH) is revealed from heaven against all godlessness and unrighteousness of people who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth,(AI) 19 since what can be known[m] about God is evident among them,(AJ) 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,(AK) being understood through what he has made.(AL) 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 worthless, and their senseless hearts were darkened.(AM) 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools(AN) 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.(AO)
24 Therefore God delivered them over in the desires of their hearts(AP) to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves. 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie,(AQ) and worshiped and served what has been created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever.(AR) Amen.
From Idolatry to Depravity
26 For this reason God delivered them over to disgraceful passions.(AS) Their women[n] exchanged natural sexual relations[o] for unnatural ones. 27 The men[p] in the same way also left natural relations with women and were inflamed in their lust for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men(AT) and received in their own persons[q] the appropriate penalty of their error.
28 And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a corrupt mind so that they do what is not right. 29 They are filled with all unrighteousness,[r] evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,(AU) 30 slanderers, God-haters, arrogant, proud, boastful,(AV) inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,(AW) 31 senseless, untrustworthy, unloving,[s](AX) and unmerciful. 32 Although they know God’s just sentence—that those who practice such things deserve to die[t](AY)—they not only do them, but even applaud[u](AZ) others who practice them.
Footnotes
- 1:1 Or Jesus, a called apostle
- 1:3 Lit was of the seed of David
- 1:4 Or the spirit of holiness, or the Holy Spirit
- 1:5 Or him for; lit him into
- 1:5 Or nations, also in v. 13
- 1:8 Or because your faith
- 1:13 Lit have some fruit
- 1:14 Or non-Greeks
- 1:16 Other mss add of Christ
- 1:17 Or revealed out of faith into faith
- 1:17 Or The one who is righteous by faith will live
- 1:17 Hab 2:4
- 1:19 Or what is known
- 1:26 Lit females, also in v. 27
- 1:26 Lit natural use, also in v. 27
- 1:27 Lit males, also later in v.
- 1:27 Or in themselves
- 1:29 Other mss add sexual immorality
- 1:31 Other mss add unforgiving
- 1:32 Lit things are worthy of death
- 1:32 Lit even take pleasure in
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,)
3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
4 And 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 are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
7 To 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.
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, if by any means now at length 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 ye may be established;
12 That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
13 Now 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.
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 in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
16 For 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.
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 shewed it unto them.
20 For 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:
21 Because 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.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped 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 did change 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 recompence of 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 convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who 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.
Romanos 1
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Saludo
1 Pablo, siervo de Cristo Jesús, llamado a ser apóstol[a](A), apartado(B) para el evangelio de Dios(C), 2 que Él ya había prometido(D) por medio de Sus profetas en las Sagradas Escrituras(E). 3 Es el mensaje acerca de Su Hijo, que nació de la descendencia[b] de David(F) según la carne(G), 4 y que fue declarado Hijo de Dios(H) con un acto de poder, conforme al Espíritu[c] de santidad, por[d] la resurrección de entre los muertos: nuestro Señor Jesucristo.
5 Es por medio de Él que hemos recibido la gracia y el apostolado(I) para promover la obediencia a la fe entre todos los gentiles(J), por amor a Su nombre; 6 entre los cuales están también ustedes, llamados de Jesucristo(K). 7 A todos los amados de Dios(L) que están en Roma, llamados a ser santos(M): Gracia y paz a ustedes de parte de Dios nuestro Padre y del Señor Jesucristo(N).
Deseos de Pablo de visitar a Roma
8 En primer lugar, doy gracias a mi Dios por medio de Jesucristo por todos ustedes(O), porque por todo el mundo se habla de su fe(P). 9 Pues Dios, a quien sirvo en mi espíritu en la predicación del evangelio de Su Hijo, me es testigo(Q) de cómo sin cesar hago mención de ustedes(R) 10 siempre en mis oraciones, implorando que[e] ahora, al fin, por la voluntad de Dios, logre ir a ustedes(S).
11 Porque anhelo verlos(T) para impartirles algún don espiritual, a fin de que sean confirmados; 12 es decir, para que cuando esté entre ustedes nos confortemos mutuamente, cada uno por la fe del otro, tanto la de ustedes como la mía. 13 Y no quiero que ignoren, hermanos(U), que con frecuencia he hecho planes para ir a visitarlos[f], pero hasta ahora me he visto impedido(V), a fin de obtener algún fruto(W) también entre ustedes, así como entre los demás gentiles.
14 Tengo obligación[g](X) tanto para con los griegos como para con los bárbaros[h](Y), para con los sabios como para con los ignorantes. 15 Así que, por mi parte, ansioso estoy de anunciar el evangelio(Z) también a ustedes que están en Roma.
Una definición del evangelio
16 Porque no me avergüenzo del evangelio(AA), pues es el poder de Dios para la salvación de todo el que cree(AB), del judío primeramente(AC) y también del griego(AD). 17 Porque en el evangelio[i] la justicia de Dios se revela por[j] fe y para fe(AE), como está escrito: Mas el justo por la fe vivirá[k](AF).
El hombre ha ignorado a Dios
18 Porque la ira de Dios se revela desde el cielo contra toda impiedad e injusticia de los hombres(AG), que con[l] injusticia restringen(AH) la verdad. 19 Pero lo que se conoce acerca de Dios es evidente dentro de[m] ellos, pues Dios se lo hizo evidente(AI). 20 Porque desde la creación del mundo(AJ), Sus atributos invisibles, Su eterno poder y divinidad, se han visto con toda claridad, siendo entendidos por medio de lo creado, de manera que ellos no tienen excusa(AK).
21 Pues aunque conocían a Dios, no lo honraron como a Dios ni le dieron gracias, sino que se hicieron vanos en sus razonamientos y su necio corazón fue entenebrecido(AL). 22 Profesando ser sabios, se volvieron necios(AM), 23 y cambiaron la gloria del Dios incorruptible por una imagen en forma de hombre corruptible, de aves, de cuadrúpedos y de reptiles(AN).
La consecuente corrupción del hombre
24 Por lo cual Dios los entregó a la impureza(AO) en la lujuria[n] de sus corazones, de modo que deshonraron entre sí sus propios cuerpos(AP). 25 Porque[o] ellos cambiaron la verdad de Dios por la mentira, y adoraron y sirvieron a la criatura en lugar del Creador(AQ), quien es bendito por los siglos(AR). Amén.
26 Por esta razón Dios los entregó a pasiones degradantes(AS); porque sus mujeres cambiaron la función natural[p] por la que es contra la naturaleza. 27 De la misma manera también los hombres, abandonando el uso natural de la mujer, se encendieron en su lujuria unos con otros, cometiendo hechos vergonzosos[q] hombres con hombres, y recibiendo en sí mismos el castigo correspondiente a su extravío(AT).
28 Y así como ellos no tuvieron a bien reconocer a Dios[r], Dios los entregó a una mente depravada(AU), para que hicieran las cosas que no convienen. 29 Están llenos de toda injusticia, maldad, avaricia y malicia, llenos de envidia, homicidios, pleitos, engaños, y malignidad. Son chismosos(AV), 30 detractores, aborrecedores(AW) de Dios, insolentes, soberbios, jactanciosos, inventores de lo malo, desobedientes a los padres(AX), 31 sin entendimiento, indignos de confianza, sin amor(AY), despiadados. 32 Ellos, aunque conocen el decreto de Dios que los que practican tales cosas son dignos de muerte(AZ), no solo las hacen, sino que también dan su aprobación a los que las practican(BA).
Footnotes
- 1:1 Lit. un apóstol llamado.
- 1:3 Lit. simiente.
- 1:4 O espíritu.
- 1:4 O como resultado de.
- 1:10 Lit. si quizá.
- 1:13 Lit. ir a ustedes.
- 1:14 Lit. Soy deudor.
- 1:14 I.e. los que no son griegos por nacimiento, ni por cultura.
- 1:17 Lit. él.
- 1:17 O de.
- 1:17 O Mas el que es justo por la fe vivirá.
- 1:18 O por.
- 1:19 O entre.
- 1:24 O incontinencia.
- 1:25 Lit. Los cuales.
- 1:26 I.e. relaciones sexuales normales.
- 1:27 Lit. lo vergonzoso.
- 1:28 Lit. tener a Dios en conocimiento.
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