{"book":"Romans","slug":"romans","ch":1,"genre":"letter","sub":"Romans","prev":"acts/28","next":"romans/2","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called [to be] [an] apostle, [and] set apart for [the] gospel of God —","f":[],"h":"Paul Greets the Saints in Rome","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"[the gospel] He promised beforehand through His prophets in [the] Holy Scriptures,","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to [the] flesh,","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"[and] who through [the] Spirit of holiness was declared with power [to be the] Son of God by [His] resurrection [from the] dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"Through [Him] [and] on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all [those] among the Gentiles [to the] obedience that comes from faith.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"[And] you also are among those who are called [to belong to] Jesus Christ.","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"To all in Rome who are loved by God [and] called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"To all in Rome who are loved by God [and] called to be saints:"},{"style":"reg","t":"Grace and peace to you from God our Father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.","f":[],"h":"Unashamed of the Gospel","style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"God, whom I serve with my spirit in {preaching} the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you","f":["Or in my spirit"]},{"v":10,"t":"in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"that is, [that] you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you ([but] have been prevented [from visiting] until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as [I have had] among the other Gentiles.","f":["Literally but have been prevented"],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to [the] wise and [the] foolish.","f":["Literally to Greeks and barbarians"]},{"v":15,"t":"That is why I am [so] eager to preach the gospel also to you who [are] in Rome.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is [the] power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to [the] Jew, then to [the] Greek.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"For [the gospel] reveals [the] righteousness of God [that comes] by faith [from start] to [finish], just as it is written:“ The righteous will live by faith.”","f":["Literally For in it is revealed the righteousness of God from faith to faith","Habakkuk 2:4"]},{"v":18,"t":"[The] wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all [the] godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by [their] wickedness.","f":[],"h":"God’s Wrath against Sin","style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"For [what may be] known [about] God is plain to them, because God has made [it] plain to them.","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"For since [the] creation of [the] world [God’s] invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that [men] are without excuse.","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"For although they knew God, they neither glorified [Him] as God [nor] gave thanks [to Him], but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,","f":[]},{"v":23,"t":"and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.","f":[]},{"v":24,"t":"Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with [one another].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":25,"t":"[They] exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.","f":["Or forever blessed"]},{"v":26,"t":"For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural [ones].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":27,"t":"Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women [and] burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent [acts] with [other] men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.","f":[]},{"v":28,"t":"Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, [He] gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":29,"t":"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,","f":[]},{"v":30,"t":"slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, [and] boastful. [They] invent [new] forms of evil; they disobey [their] parents.","f":[]},{"v":31,"t":"[They are] senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.","f":[]},{"v":32,"t":"[Although they] know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, {they} not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice [them].","f":[],"style":"reg"}]}