Romans 1

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

1 Paul^[a], a slave of Christ Jesus, a called apostle^[b], having been separated^[c] for the good-news of God ² which He promised-beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures ³ concerning His Son— the One having come from the seed of David according-to^[d] the flesh, ⁴ the One having been designated^[e] as the Son of God with power according to the Spirit^[f] of holiness by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord— ⁵ through Whom we received grace and apostleship for the obedience of ^[g] faith among all the Gentiles for the sake of His name, ⁶ among whom you also are called ones of Jesus Christ, ⁷ to all the ones being in Rome, beloved ones of God, called saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁸ First, I am giving-thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for you all because your faith is being proclaimed in the whole world. ⁹ For God is my witness— Whom I am serving in my spirit in^[h] the good-news of His Son— how unceasingly I am making mention of you ¹⁰ always in my prayers, asking if somehow now at last I shall be prospered in the will of God to come to you.

¹¹ For I am yearning to see you in order that I may impart some spiritual gift to you so that you may be established. ¹² And this is that I may be encouraged-together-with you among you— through each other’s faith, both yours and mine.

¹³ And I do not want you to be-unaware, brothers, that often I planned to come to you— and was prevented until now— in order that I might have some fruit among you also, as indeed among the other Gentiles. ¹⁴ I am a debtor both to Greeks and barbarians, both to wise and foolish. ¹⁵ So for my part, I am eager also to announce-the-good-news to you, the ones in Rome.

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed-of the good-news, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone believing^[i]— both to the Jew first and to the Greek. ¹⁷ For the righteousness of ^[j] God is revealed in it from faith to faith, just as it has been written [in Hab 2:4]: “But the righteous one shall live by faith”.

God’s Wrath Is Upon All Sin

¹⁸ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness^[k] and unrighteousness^[l] of people holding-down^[m] the truth in^[n] unrighteousness.

Because God Revealed Enough of Himself In Creation For The World To Be Without Excuse

¹⁹ Because the thing known of God is evident^[o] in^[p] them, for God made it evident to them. ²⁰ For His invisible things— both His eternal power and divine-nature— are clearly-seen, being understood since the creation of the world in the things made, so that they are without-excuse.

And Having Known This Truth About God, The World Did Not Honor Him As God

²¹ Because having known God, they did not glorify Him as God or give-thanks, but became futile in their thoughts, and their senseless heart was darkened.

They Turned From The Glory of The Immortal God To Their Crafted Images of God

²² While claiming to be wise, they became-foolish ²³ and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for a likeness— an image of a mortal person and of birds and of four-footed-animals and of reptiles. ²⁴ Therefore God handed them over^[q] in the desires of their hearts to impurity so that ^[r] their bodies are dishonored among them.

They Turned From The Truth To Worship The Creation Rather Than The Creator

²⁵ Who exchanged the truth of God for the lie^[s], and worshiped and served the creation^[t] rather than the One having created— Who is blessed forever, amen. ²⁶ For this reason God handed them over to passions of ^[u] dishonor. For both their females exchanged the natural [sexual] function for the one contrary to nature, ²⁷ and likewise also the males, having left the natural [sexual] function of the female, were inflamed by their craving for one another— males with males committing the indecent-act^[v] and receiving-back in themselves the return^[w] which was due their error^[x].

They Disapproved of Keeping God In Mind

²⁸ And as they did not approve to have^[y] God in their knowledge, God handed them over to a disapproved mind, to do the things not being proper— ²⁹ having been filled with all unrighteousness, evilness, greed, badness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; whisperers^[z], ³⁰ slanderers, God-haters^[aa], violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evils, disobedient to parents, ³¹ senseless, unfaithful^[ab], unaffectionate^[ac], unmerciful; ³² who, having known the regulation of God that the ones practicing such things are worthy of death, not only are doing them, but are also giving-approval to the ones practicing them.