Paul Greets the Saints in Rome 1 DBY Paul, bondman of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, separated to God's glad tidings, BSB BSB: Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—
2 DBY (which he had before promised by his prophets in holy writings,) BSB BSB: the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
4 DBY marked out Son of God in power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by resurrection of the dead) Jesus Christ our Lord; BSB BSB: 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.
5 DBY by whom we have received grace and apostleship in behalf of his name, for obedience of faith among all the nations, BSB BSB: 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.
6 DBY among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: BSB BSB: And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
7 DBY to all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. BSB BSB: 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.
Unashamed of the Gospel 8 DBY First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed in the whole world. BSB BSB: First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.
9 DBY For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the glad tidings of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, BSB BSB: God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
10 DBY always beseeching at my prayers, if any way now at least I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you. BSB BSB: in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.
11 DBY For I greatly desire to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to establish you; BSB BSB: For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
12 DBY that is, to have mutual comfort among you, each by the faith which is in the other, both yours and mine. BSB BSB: that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
13 DBY But I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that I often proposed to come to you, (and have been hindered until the present time,) that I might have some fruit among you too, even as among the other nations also. BSB BSB: 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.
14 DBY I am a debtor both to Greeks and barbarians, both to wise and unintelligent: BSB BSB: I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
15 DBY so, as far as depends on me, am I ready to announce the glad tidings to you also who are in Rome. BSB BSB: That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.
17 DBY for righteousness of God is revealed therein, on the principle of faith, to faith: according as it is written, But the just shall live by faith. BSB BSB: 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.”
God’s Wrath against Sin 21 DBY Because, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but fell into folly in their thoughts, and their heart without understanding was darkened: BSB BSB: 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.
22 DBY professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, BSB BSB: Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
23 DBY and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and quadrupeds and reptiles. BSB BSB: and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
24 DBY Wherefore God gave them up also in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies between themselves: BSB BSB: Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.
26 DBY For this reason God gave them up to vile lusts; for both their females changed the natural use into that contrary to nature; BSB BSB: For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
27 DBY and in like manner the males also, leaving the natural use of the female, were inflamed in their lust towards one another; males with males working shame, and receiving in themselves the recompense of their error which was fit. BSB BSB: 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.
28 DBY And according as they did not think good to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind to practise unseemly things; BSB BSB: 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.
29 DBY being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers, BSB BSB: 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,
30 DBY back-biters, hateful to God, insolent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, BSB BSB: slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.
31 DBY void of understanding, faithless, without natural affection, unmerciful; BSB BSB: They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.
32 DBY who knowing the righteous judgment of God, that they who do such things are worthy of death, not only practise them, but have fellow delight in those who do them . BSB BSB: 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.
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