Beginning

1 Paul, the servant of Jesus Christ, called an apostle, separated into the gospel of God [parted into the gospel of God];

² which he had promised before by his prophets in holy scriptures

³ of his Son, which is made to him of the seed of David by the flesh, [of his Son, the which is made of the seed of David after the flesh,]

⁴ and he was before-ordained the Son of God in virtue, by the Spirit of hallowing of the again-rising of dead men, of Jesus Christ our Lord^[a]

⁵ by whom we have received grace and the office of apostle [by whom we have received grace and apostlehood, or state of apostle], to obey to the faith in all folks for his name,

⁶ among which ye be also called of Jesus Christ,

⁷ to all that be at Rome, darlings of God, and called holy, grace to you [to all that be at Rome, the loved of God, called holy, grace be to you], and peace of God our Father, and of the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁸ First I do thankings to my God, by Jesus Christ, for all you, for your faith is showed in all the world.

⁹ For God is a witness to me, to whom I serve in my spirit, in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mind of you ever in my prayers [whom I serve in my spirit, in the gospel of his Son, for without ceasing I make mind of you evermore in my prayers],

¹⁰ and beseech [praying], if in any manner sometime I have a speedy way in the will of God to come to you.

¹¹ For I desire to see you, to part somewhat to you of spiritual grace [that I give to you something of spiritual grace], that ye be confirmed,

¹² that is, to be comforted together in you, by [that] faith that is both yours and mine together.

¹³ And, brethren, I will not, that ye not know [that ye unknow], that oft I purposed to come to you, and I am letted [and I am forbidden] till this time, that I have some fruit in you, as [and] in other folks.

¹⁴ To Greeks and to barbarians, to wise men and to unwise men, I am debtor,

¹⁵ so that that is in me is ready to preach the gospel also to you that be at Rome.

¹⁶ For I shame not the gospel, for it is the virtue of God into health to each man that believeth, to the Jew first, and to the Greek.

¹⁷ For the rightwiseness of God is showed in it, of faith into faith, as it is written, For a just man liveth of faith.

¹⁸ For the wrath of God is showed from heaven on all unpiety and wickedness of those men, that withhold the truth of God in unrightwiseness. [Forsooth the wrath of God is showed from heaven upon all unpiety and unrightwiseness of those men, that withhold, or hold aback, the truth of God in unrightwiseness.]

¹⁹ For that thing of God that is known, is showed to them [For that that is known of God is shown, or made open, to them], for God hath showed to them.

²⁰ For the invisible things of him, that be understood, be beheld of the creature of the world, by those things that be made, yea, and the everlasting virtue of him and the Godhead, so that they may not be excused. [For the invisible things of him, of the creature of the world, by those things that be made, understood be beholden, and the everlasting virtue of him, and the Godhead, so that they be unexcusable.]

²¹ For when they had known God, they glorified him not as God, neither did thankings; but they vanished in their thoughts, and the unwise heart of them was darked [was darked, or made dark].

²² For they saying that themselves were wise [Soothly they saying themselves to be wise men], they were made fools.

²³ And they changed the glory of uncorruptible God into the likeness of an image of a deadly man [into the likeness of an image of corruptible man], and of birds, and of four-footed beasts, and of serpents.

²⁴ For which thing God betook them into the desires of their heart, into uncleanness, that they punish with wrongs their bodies in themselves.

²⁵ The which [men] changed the truth of God into lying, and praised and served a creature rather than the creator, that is blessed into worlds of worlds [that is blessed into worlds, or without end]. Amen.

²⁶ Therefore God betook them into passions of shame [Therefore God betook them into passions of evil fame, or shame]. For the women of them changed the natural use into that use that is against kind.

²⁷ Also the men [the males, or men,] forsook the natural use of woman, and burned in their desires together, and men into men wrought filthhood, and received into themselves the meed that behooved of their error [males into males working filthhood, and receiving in themselves the meed, or hire, that behooved of their error].

²⁸ And as they proved that they had not God in knowing [And as they proved not to have God in knowing], God betook them into a reprovable wit, that they do those things that be not suitable;

²⁹ that they be full-filled with all wickedness [full-filled with all wickedness], malice, fornication, covetousness, waywardness, full of envy, manslayings [manslaying], strife, guile, evil will,

³⁰ privy backbiters, detractors, hateful to God, debaters, proud, and high over measure [hateful to God, wrongful despisers, proud, high over measure], finders of evil things, not obedient to father and mother,

³¹ unwise, unmannerly, without love [without affection, or love], without bond of peace, without mercy.

³² The which when they had known the rightwiseness of God, understood not, that they that do such things be worthy the death, not only they that do those things [not only they that do such things], but also they that consent to the doers.

2 Therefore thou art unexcusable, each man that deemest, for in what thing thou deemest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou doest the same things which thou deemest.

² And we know, that the doom of God is after truth against them, that do such things.

³ But guessest thou, man, that deemest them that do such things, and thou doest those things [and thou doest them], that thou shalt escape the doom of God?

⁴ Whether thou despisest the riches of his goodness, and the patience, and the long abiding? Knowest thou not, that the benignity of God leadeth thee to repenting? [Whether despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and patience, and long abiding? Unknowest thou, that the benignity, or good will, of God leadeth thee to penance?]

⁵ But after thine hardness and unrepentant heart, thou treasurest to thee wrath in the day of wrath [Forsooth after thy hardness and unrepentant heart, thou treasurest to thee wrath into the day of wrath] and of showing of the rightful doom of God,

⁶ that shall yield to each man after his works;

⁷ soothly to them that be by patience of good work, glory, and honour, and uncorruption, to them that seek everlasting life;

⁸ but to them that be of strife, and that assent not to truth, but believe to wickedness, wrath and indignation,

⁹ tribulation and anguish, into each soul of man that worketh evil, to the Jew first, and to the Greek [of Jew first and of the Greek];

¹⁰ but glory, and honour, and peace, to each man that worketh good thing, to the Jew first, and to the Greek.

¹¹ For acception of persons [that is, to put one before another without desert,] is not with God.

¹² For whoever have sinned without the law, shall perish without the law; and whoever have sinned in the law, they shall be deemed by the law. [For whoever sin without law, shall perish without law; and whoever in the law sin, shall be deemed by the law.]

¹³ For the hearers of the law be not just with God, but the doers of the law shall be made just.

¹⁴ For when heathen men that have not law, do naturally [do by kind] those things that be of the law, they not having such manner [of] law, be law to themselves,

¹⁵ that show the work of the law written in their hearts. For the conscience of them yieldeth to them a witnessing betwixt themselves of thoughts that be accusing or defending, [that show the work of law written in their hearts; the conscience of them yielding to them a witnessing and between themselves of thoughts accusing or also defending,]

¹⁶ in the day when God shall deem the privy things of men after my gospel, by Jesus Christ.

¹⁷ But if thou art named a Jew [Forsooth if thou art named a Jew], and restest in the law, and hast glory in God,

¹⁸ and hast known his will, and thou learned by the law approvest [provest] the more profitable things,

¹⁹ and trustest thyself to be a leader of blind men, the light of them that be in darknesses,

²⁰ a teacher of unwise men, a master of young children, that hast the form of knowing [having the form of science, or knowing,] and of truth in the law;

²¹ what then teachest thou another, and teachest not thyself? Thou that preachest that me shall not steal, stealest? [therefore thou that teachest another, teachest not thyself? Thou that preachest to not steal, stealest?]

²² Thou that teachest that me shall not do lechery, doest lechery? Thou that loathest maumets, doest sacrilege?^[b]

²³ Thou that hast glory in the law, unhonourest God by breaking of the law? [Thou that gloriest in the law, by breaking of the law unworshippest, or despisest, God?]

²⁴ For the name of God is blasphemed by you among heathen men, as [it] is written. [For the name of God by you is blasphemed among heathen men, as it is written.]

²⁵ For circumcision profiteth, if thou keep the law; but if thou be a trespasser against the law [forsooth if thou be a trespasser of the law], thy circumcision is made prepuce.

²⁶ Therefore if prepuce keep the rightwiseness of the law, whether his prepuce shall not be areckoned [shall not be reckoned] into circumcision?

²⁷ And the prepuce of kind that fulfilleth the law, shall deem thee, that by letter and circumcision art a trespasser against the law. [And the prepuce, which is of the kind, fulfilling the law, shall deem thee, that by letter and circumcision art trespasser of the law.]

²⁸ For he that is in open is not a Jew, neither it is circumcision that is openly in the flesh [neither the circumcision that is in the flesh in open];

²⁹ but he that is a Jew in hid, and the circumcision of heart, in spirit, not by the letter [not in letter], whose praising is not of men, but of God.

3 What then is more to a Jew, or what profit of circumcision?

² Much by all wise [Much by all manner]; first, for the speakings of God were betaken to them.

³ And what if some of them believed not? Whether the unbelief of them hath voided the faith of God?

⁴ God forbid [Far be it]. For God is soothfast [Forsooth God is true, or soothfast], but each man a liar; as it is written, That thou be justified in thy words, and overcome, when thou art deemed.

⁵ But if our wickedness [Forsooth if our wickedness, or unequity,] commend the rightwiseness of God, what shall we say? Whether God is wicked, that bringeth in wrath? After man I say.

⁶ God forbid [Far be it]. Else how shall God deem this world?

⁷ For if the truth of God hath abounded in my lying, into the glory of him, what [and] yet am I deemed as a sinner?

⁸ And not as we be blasphemed, and as some say that we say, Do we evil things, that good things come. Whose damnation is just.

⁹ What then? Surpass we them? Nay; for we have showed by skill, that all both Jews and Greeks be under sin,^[c]

¹⁰ as it is written, For there is no man just [For there is not any man just];

¹¹ there is no man understanding [there is not a man understanding], neither seeking God.

¹² All bowed away, together they be made unprofitable; there is none that doeth good thing, there is none till to one [there is not till to one].

¹³ The throat of them is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they did guilefully; the venom of snakes is under their lips^[d].

¹⁴ The mouth of whom is full of cursing and bitterness;

¹⁵ the feet of them be swift to shed blood.

¹⁶ Sorrow and cursedness be in the ways of them,^[e]

¹⁷ and they knew not the way of peace;

¹⁸ the dread of God is not before their eyes.

¹⁹ And we know [Forsooth we know], that whatever things the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that be in the law, that each mouth be stopped, and each world be made subject to God.

²⁰ For of the works of the law each flesh shall not be justified before him; for by the law there is knowing of sin [for by the law is knowing of sin].

²¹ But now without the law the rightwiseness of God is showed, that is witnessed of the law and the prophets.

²² And the rightwiseness of God is by the faith of Jesus Christ into all men and on all men that believe in him; for there is no parting. [Soothly the rightwiseness of God is by the faith of Jesus Christ into all and on all that believe into him; forsooth there is no distinction, or parting.]

²³ For all men sinned, and have need to the glory of God;

²⁴ and be justified freely by his grace, by the again-buying that is in Christ Jesus [by the redemption, or the again-buying, that is in Jesus Christ].

²⁵ Whom God ordained forgiver [Whom God purposed an helper], by faith in his blood, to the showing of his rightwiseness, for [the] remission of before-going sins, in the bearing up of God,

²⁶ to the showing of his rightwiseness in this time, that he be just, and justifying him that is of the faith of Jesus Christ.

²⁷ Where then is thy glorying? It is excluded. By what law? Of deeds doing? Nay, but by the law of faith.

²⁸ For we deem a man to be justified by faith, without works of the law.

²⁹ Whether of the Jews is God only? Whether he is not also of heathen men? Yes, and of heathen men.

³⁰ For there is one God, that justifieth circumcision by faith, and prepuce by faith.

³¹ Destroy we therefore the law by faith? God forbid [Far be it]; but we stablish the law.