1 WYC Poul, the seruaunt of Jhesu Crist, clepid an apostle, departid in to 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 WYC which he hadde bihote tofore bi his profetis in holi scripturis of his sone, BSB BSB: the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
4 WYC and he was bifor ordeyned the sone of God in vertu, bi the spirit of halewyng of the ayenrisyng of deed men, of Jhesu Crist oure 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 WYC bi whom we han resseyued grace and the office of apostle, to obeie to the feith in alle folkis for 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 WYC among whiche ye ben also clepid of Jhesu Crist, BSB BSB: And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
7 WYC to alle that ben at Rome, derlyngis of God, and clepid hooli, grace to you, and pees of God oure fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. 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.
8 WYC First Y do thankyngis to my God, bi Jhesu Crist, for alle you, for youre feith is schewid in al the 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 WYC For God is a witnesse to me, to whom Y serue in my spirit, in the gospel of his sone, 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 WYC that with outen ceessyng Y make mynde of you euere in my preieris, and biseche, if in ony maner sum tyme Y haue a spedi weie in the wille 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 WYC For Y desire to se you, to parten sumwhat of spiritual grace, BSB BSB: For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
12 WYC that ye be confermyd, that is, to be coumfortid togidere in you, bi feith that is bothe youre and myn togidere. BSB BSB: that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
13 WYC And, britheren, Y nyle, that ye vnknowun, that ofte Y purposide to come to you, and Y am lett to this tyme, that Y haue sum fruyt in you, as in othere folkis. 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 WYC To Grekis and to barberyns, to wise men and to vnwise men, BSB BSB: I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
15 WYC Y am dettour, so that that is in me is redi to preche the gospel also to you that ben at Rome. BSB BSB: That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.
17 WYC For the riytwisnesse of God is schewid in it, of feith in to feith, 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.”
20 WYC For the vnuysible thingis of hym, that ben vndurstondun, ben biholdun of the creature of the world, bi tho thingis that ben maad, yhe, and the euerlastynge vertu of hym and the godhed, so that thei mowe not be excusid. BSB BSB: 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. 21 WYC For whanne thei hadden knowe God, thei glorifieden hym not as God, nether diden thankyngis; but thei vanyschiden in her thouyts, and the vnwise herte of hem was derkid. 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 WYC For thei `seiynge that hem silf weren wise, thei weren maad foolis. BSB BSB: Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
23 WYC And thei chaungiden the glorie of `God vncorruptible in to the licnesse of an ymage of a deedli man, and of briddis, and of foure footid beestis, and of serpentis. BSB BSB: and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
24 WYC For which thing God bitook hem in to the desiris of her herte, in to vnclennesse, that thei punysche with wrongis her bodies in hem silf. 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 WYC Amen. Therfor God bitook hem in to passiouns of schenschipe. For the wymmen of hem chaungiden the kyndli vss in to that vss that is ayens kynde. BSB BSB: For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
27 WYC Also the men forsoken the kyndli vss of womman, and brenneden in her desiris togidere, and men in to men wrouyten filthehed, and resseyueden in to hem silf the meede that bihofte of her errour. 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 WYC And as thei preueden that thei hadden not God in knowyng, God bitook hem in to a repreuable wit, that thei do tho thingis that ben not couenable; that thei ben fulfillid with al wickidnesse, 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 WYC malice, fornycacioun, coueitise, weiwardnesse, ful of enuye, mansleyngis, strijf, gile, yuel wille, preuy bacbiteris, detractouris, 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 WYC hateful to God, debateris, proude, and hiy ouer mesure, fynderis of yuele thingis, not obeschynge to fadir and modir, BSB BSB: slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.
31 WYC vnwise, vnmanerli, withouten loue, withouten boond of pees, with outen merci. BSB BSB: They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.
32 WYC The whiche whanne thei hadden knowe the riytwisnesse of God, vndirstoden not, that thei that don siche thingis ben worthi the deth, not oneli thei that don tho thingis, but also thei that consenten to the doeris. 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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