Paul Greets the Saints in Rome 1 UEB Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God, BSB BSB: Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—
2 UEB which he promised beforehand by his prophets in the holy scriptures, BSB BSB: the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
4 UEB Through the Spirit of holiness he was declared with power to be the Son of God by the resurrection from 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 UEB Through him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations, for the sake of his name. 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 UEB Among these nations, you also have been called to belong to Jesus Christ. BSB BSB: And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
7 UEB This letter is to all who are in Rome, the beloved of God, who are called to be holy people. May grace be to you, and peace from God our Father and the 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 UEB First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout 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 UEB For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, of how continually 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 UEB I always request in my prayers that by any means I may at last be successful now by the will of God in coming 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 UEB For I desire to see you, that I may give you some spiritual gift, in order to strengthen you. BSB BSB: For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
12 UEB That is, I long to be mutually encouraged among you, through each other's faith, yours and mine. BSB BSB: that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
13 UEB Now I do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, that I often intended to come to you, (but I was hindered until now), in order to have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the rest of the Gentiles. 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 UEB I am a debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish. BSB BSB: I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
15 UEB So, as for me, I am ready to proclaim the gospel also to you 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 UEB For in it God's righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, as it has been written, "The righteous will 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 UEB This is because, although they knew about God, they did not glorify him as God, nor did they give him thanks. Instead, they became foolish in their thoughts, and their senseless hearts were 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 UEB They claimed to be wise, but they became foolish. BSB BSB: Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
23 UEB They exchanged the glory of the imperishable God for the likenesses of an image of perishable man, of birds, of four-footed beasts, and of creeping things. BSB BSB: and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
24 UEB Therefore God gave them over to the lusts of their hearts for uncleanness, for their bodies to be dishonored among 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 UEB Because of this, God gave them over to dishonorable passions, for their women exchanged natural relations for those that were unnatural. BSB BSB: For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
27 UEB Likewise, the men also left their natural relations with women and burned in their lust for one another. These were men who committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the penalty they deserved for their error. 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 UEB Because they did not approve of having God in their awareness, he gave them up to a depraved mind, for them to do those things that are not proper. 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 UEB They have been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, and malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and evil intentions. They are gossips, 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 UEB slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventing ways of doing evil; they are disobedient to parents. BSB BSB: slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.
31 UEB They are senseless, faithless, heartless, and unmerciful. BSB BSB: They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.
32 UEB They understand the regulations of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death. But not only do they do these things, they also approve of others 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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