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Romans 1
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Greetings from Paul

1 This letter is from Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, chosen by God to be an apostle and sent out to preach his Good News. 2 God promised this Good News long ago through his prophets in the holy Scriptures. 3 The Good News is about his Son. In his earthly life he was born into King David’s family line, 4 and he was shown to be[a] the Son of God when he was raised from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit.[b] He is Jesus Christ our Lord. 5 Through Christ, God has given us the privilege[c] and authority as apostles to tell Gentiles everywhere what God has done for them, so that they will believe and obey him, bringing glory to his name.

6 And you are included among those Gentiles who have been called to belong to Jesus Christ. 7 I am writing to all of you in Rome who are loved by God and are called to be his own holy people.

May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.

God’s Good News

8 Let me say first that I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith in him is being talked about all over the world. 9 God knows how often I pray for you. Day and night I bring you and your needs in prayer to God, whom I serve with all my heart[d] by spreading the Good News about his Son.

10 One of the things I always pray for is the opportunity, God willing, to come at last to see you. 11 For I long to visit you so I can bring you some spiritual gift that will help you grow strong in the Lord. 12 When we get together, I want to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours.

13 I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters,[e] that I planned many times to visit you, but I was prevented until now. I want to work among you and see spiritual fruit, just as I have seen among other Gentiles. 14 For I have a great sense of obligation to people in both the civilized world and the rest of the world,[f] to the educated and uneducated alike. 15 So I am eager to come to you in Rome, too, to preach the Good News.

16 For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile.[g] 17 This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life.”[h]

God’s Anger at Sin

18 But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness.[i] 19 They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. 20 For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.

21 Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. 22 Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. 23 And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles.

24 So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. 25 They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. 26 That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. 27 And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.

28 Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. 29 Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. 30 They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents. 31 They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy. 32 They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.

Footnotes

  1. 1:4a Or and was designated.
  2. 1:4b Or by the Spirit of holiness; or in the new realm of the Spirit.
  3. 1:5 Or the grace.
  4. 1:9 Or in my spirit.
  5. 1:13 Greek brothers.
  6. 1:14 Greek to Greeks and barbarians.
  7. 1:16 Greek also the Greek.
  8. 1:17 Or “The righteous will live by faith.” Hab 2:4.
  9. 1:18 Or who, by their wickedness, prevent the truth from being known.
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Hälsning

1 (A) Från Paulus, Kristi Jesu tjänare, kallad till apostel och avskild för Guds evangelium, 2 (B) som han har utlovat genom sina profeter i de heliga Skrifterna. 3 (C) Evangeliet handlar om hans Son, som till sin mänskliga natur[a] är född av Davids ätt 4 (D) och som genom helighetens Ande med kraft har bevisats vara Guds Son efter uppståndelsen från de döda: Jesus Kristus, vår Herre. 5 (E) Genom honom har vi fått nåd och apostlaämbete för att föra människor av alla folk till trons lydnad för hans namns skull.

6 Bland dessa är också ni, som är kallade att tillhöra Jesus Kristus. 7 (F) Jag hälsar er alla Guds älskade som bor i Rom, hans kallade och heliga. Nåd vare med er och frid från Gud vår Far och Herren Jesus Kristus.

Längtan att besöka Rom

8 (G) Först och främst tackar jag min Gud genom Jesus Kristus för er alla, eftersom man i hela världen talar om er tro. 9 (H) Gud, som jag tjänar i min ande när jag förkunnar evangeliet om hans Son, är vittne till hur jag ständigt nämner er 10 (I) i mina böner och alltid ber om att nu äntligen få möjlighet att komma till er, om Gud vill. 11 (J) Jag längtar efter att få träffa er och dela med mig av någon andlig gåva åt er så att ni blir styrkta, 12 (K) alltså att vi tillsammans ska få hämta uppmuntran ur vår gemensamma tro, er och min.

13 (L) Bröder[b], jag vill att ni ska veta att jag många gånger har bestämt mig för att komma till er och skörda någon frukt bland er liksom bland andra folk, men hittills har jag varit förhindrad. 14 (M) Jag har skyldigheter både mot greker och barbarer[c], både mot lärda och olärda. 15 Därför är det min önskan att få predika evangeliet också för er i Rom.

Brevets tema

16 (N) Jag skäms inte för evangeliet. Det är en Guds kraft till frälsning för var och en som tror, juden först[d] men också greken. 17 (O) I evangeliet uppenbaras rättfärdighet från Gud, av tro till tro, som det står skrivet: Den rättfärdige ska leva av tro.[e]

Guds dom över hedningarna

18 Guds vrede uppenbaras från himlen över all ogudaktighet och orättfärdighet hos människor som i orättfärdighet undertrycker sanningen. 19 (P) Det man kan veta om Gud är uppenbart bland dem, eftersom Gud har uppenbarat det för dem. 20 (Q) Ända från världens skapelse syns och uppfattas hans osynliga egenskaper, hans eviga makt och gudomliga natur, genom de verk han har skapat. Därför är de utan ursäkt.

21 (R) Trots att de kände till Gud prisade de honom inte som Gud eller tackade honom, utan de förblindades av sina falska föreställningar så att mörkret sänkte sig över deras oförståndiga hjärtan. 22 (S) De påstod att de var visa, men de blev dårar 23 (T) och bytte ut den odödlige Gudens härlighet mot bilder av dödliga människor, av fåglar, fyrfotadjur och kräldjur. 24 (U) Därför utlämnade Gud dem åt deras hjärtans begär så att de orenade och förnedrade sina kroppar med varandra[f]. 25 De bytte ut Guds sanning mot lögnen och dyrkade och tjänade det skapade i stället för Skaparen, han som är välsignad i evighet. Amen.

26 Därför utlämnade Gud dem åt förnedrande lidelser. Deras kvinnor bytte ut det naturliga umgänget mot det som är onaturligt. 27 (V) På samma sätt lämnade männen det naturliga umgänget med kvinnan och upptändes av begär till varandra. Män gjorde skamliga saker med män och fick själva ta det rättvisa straffet för sin förvillelse.

28 Och eftersom de inte satte värde på kunskapen om Gud, utlämnade Gud dem åt ett ovärdigt sinnelag så att de gjorde sådant som inte får göras. 29 (W) De har blivit fyllda av all slags orättfärdighet, ondska, girighet och elakhet, de är fulla av avund, mordlust, stridslystnad, svek och illvilja. 30 De skvallrar och förtalar, de hatar Gud och brukar våld. De skrävlar och skryter, de är påhittiga i det onda och olydiga mot sina föräldrar, 31 vettlösa, trolösa, kärlekslösa och hjärtlösa. 32 De känner mycket väl till Guds rättvisa dom, att de som handlar så förtjänar döden. Ändå gör de sådant, och de samtycker dessutom till att andra gör det.

Footnotes

  1. 1:3 till sin mänskliga natur   Ordagrant: "efter köttet".
  2. 1:13 Bröder   Annan översättning: "Syskon". Grekiskan tilltalar liksom t ex spanskan en blandad grupp (jfr 16:6f) i maskulinum, som "bröder".
  3. 1:14 barbarer   Grekisk benämning för dem som saknade det grekiska språket och kulturen.
  4. 1:16 först   Annan översättning: "främst".
  5. 1:17 Hab 2:4. Annan översättning: ”Den av tro rättfärdige ska leva.”
  6. 1:24 med varandra   Annan översättning: "med dem" (avgudabilderna i vers 23).
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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

  1. Romans 1:3 Or who according to the flesh
  2. Romans 1:4 Or was declared with power to be the Son of God
  3. Romans 1:5 Or that is
  4. 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.
  5. Romans 1:17 Or is from faith to faith
  6. Romans 1:17 Hab. 2:4
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