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| Romans 1:1 | Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, | Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, | Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an Apostle, set apart to proclaim God's Good News, |
| Romans 1:2 | Which he had promised before, by his prophets, in the holy scriptures, | (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) | which God had already promised through His Prophets in Holy Writ, concerning His Son, |
| Romans 1:3 | Concerning his Son, who was made to him of the seed of David, according to the flesh, | Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; | who, as regards His human descent, belonged to the posterity of David, |
| Romans 1:4 | Who was predestinated the Son of God in power, according to the spirit of sanctification, by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead; | And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: | but as regards the holiness of His Spirit was decisively proved by His Resurrection to be the Son of God I mean concerning Jesus Christ our Lord, |
| Romans 1:5 | By whom we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith, in all nations, for his name; | By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: | through whom we have received grace and Apostleship in His service in order to win men to obedience to the faith, among all Gentile peoples, |
| Romans 1:6 | Among whom are you also the called of Jesus Christ: | Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: | among whom you also, called, as you have been, to belong to Jesus Christ, are numbered: |
| Romans 1:7 | To all that are at Rome, the beloved of God, called to be saints. Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. | To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. | To all God's loved ones who are in Rome, called to be saints. May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| Romans 1:8 | First I give thanks to my God, through Jesus Christ, for you all, because your faith is spoken of in the whole world. | First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. | First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for what He has done for all of you; for the report of your faith is spreading through the whole world. |
| Romans 1:9 | For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make a commemoration of you; | For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; | I call God to witness to whom I render priestly and spiritual service by telling the Good News about His Son how unceasingly I make mention of you in His presence, |
| Romans 1:10 | Always in my prayers making request, if by any means now at length I may have a prosperous journey, by the will of God, to come unto you. | Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. | always in my prayers entreating that now, at length, if such be His will, the way may by some means be made clear for me to come to you. |
| Romans 1:11 | For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual grace, to strengthen you: | For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; | For I am longing to see you, in order to convey to you some spiritual help, so that you may be strengthened; |
| Romans 1:12 | That is to say, that I may be comforted together in you, by that which is common to us both, your faith and mine. | That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. | in other words that while I am among you we may be mutually encouraged by one another's faith, yours and mine. |
| Romans 1:13 | And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that I have often purposed to come unto you, (and have been hindered hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. | Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. | And I desire you to know, brethren, that I have many a time intended to come to you though until now I have been disappointed in order that among you also I might gather some fruit from my labours, as I have already done among the rest of the Gentile nations. |
| Romans 1:14 | To the Greeks and to the barbarians, to the wise and to the unwise, I am a debtor; | I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. | I am already under obligations alike to Greek-speaking races and to others, to cultured and to uncultured people: |
| Romans 1:15 | So (as much as is in me) I am ready to preach the gospel to you also that are at Rome. | So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. | so that for my part I am willing and eager to proclaim the Good News to you also who are in Rome. |
| Romans 1:16 | For I am not ashamed of the gospel. For it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth, to the Jew first, and to the Greek. | For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. | For I am not ashamed of the Good News. It is God's power which is at work for the salvation of every one who believes the Jew first, and then the Gentile. |
| Romans 1:17 | For the justice of God is revealed therein, from faith unto faith, as it is written: The just man liveth by faith. | For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. | For in the Good News a righteousness which comes from God is being revealed, depending on faith and tending to produce faith; as the Scripture has it, "The righteous man shall live by faith." |
| Romans 1:18 | For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and injustice of those men that detain the truth of God in injustice: | For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; | For God's anger is being revealed from Heaven against all impiety and against the iniquity of men who through iniquity suppress the truth. God is angry: |
| Romans 1:19 | Because that which is known of God is manifest in them. For God hath manifested it unto them. | Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. | because what may be known about Him is plain to their inmost consciousness; for He Himself has made it plain to them. |
| Romans 1:20 | For the invisible things of him, from the creation of the world, are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made; his eternal power also, and divinity: so that they are inexcusable. | For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: | For, from the very creation of the world, His invisible perfections namely His eternal power and divine nature have been rendered intelligible and clearly visible by His works, so that these men are without excuse. |
| Romans 1:21 | Because that, when they knew God, they have not glorified him as God, or given thanks; but became vain in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was darkened. | Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. | For when they had come to know God, they did not give Him glory as God nor render Him thanks, but they became absorbed in useless discussions, and their senseless minds were darkened. |
| Romans 1:22 | For professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. | Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, | While boasting of their wisdom they became utter fools, |
| Romans 1:23 | And they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of the image of a corruptible man, and of birds, and of fourfooted beasts, and of creeping things. | And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. | and, instead of worshipping the imperishable God, they worshipped images resembling perishable man or resembling birds or beasts or reptiles. |
| Romans 1:24 | Wherefore God gave them up to the desires of their heart, unto uncleanness, to dishonour their own bodies among themselves. | Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: | For this reason, in accordance with their own depraved cravings, God gave them up to uncleanness, allowing them to dishonour their bodies among themselves with impurity. |
| Romans 1:25 | Who changed the truth of God into a lie; and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. | Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. | For they had bartered the reality of God for what is unreal, and had offered divine honours and religious service to created things, rather than to the Creator He who is for ever blessed. Amen. |
| Romans 1:26 | For this cause God delivered them up to shameful affections. For their women have changed the natural use into that use which is against nature. | For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: | This then is the reason why God gave them up to vile passions. For not only did the women among them exchange the natural use of their bodies for one which is contrary to nature, but the men also, |
| Romans 1:27 | And, in like manner, the men also, leaving the natural use of the women, have burned in their lusts one towards another, men with men working that which is filthy, and receiving in themselves the recompense which was due to their error. | And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. | in just the same way neglecting that for which nature intends women burned with passion towards one another, men practising shameful vice with men, and receiving in their own selves the reward which necessarily followed their misconduct. |
| Romans 1:28 | And as they liked not to have God in their knowledge, God delivered them up to a reprobate sense, to do those things which are not convenient; | And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; | And just as they had refused to continue to have a full knowledge of God, so it was to utterly worthless minds that God gave them up, for them to do things which should not be done. |
| Romans 1:29 | Being filled with all iniquity, malice, fornication, avarice, wickedness, full of envy, murder, contention, deceit, malignity, whisperers, | Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, | Their hearts overflowed with all sorts of dishonesty, mischief, greed, malice. They were full of envy and murder, and were quarrelsome, crafty, and spiteful. |
| Romans 1:30 | Detractors, hateful to God, contumelious, proud, haughty, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, | Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, | They were secret backbiters, open slanderers; hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful; inventors of new forms of sin, disobedient to parents, destitute of common sense, |
| Romans 1:31 | Foolish, dissolute, without affection, without fidelity, without mercy. | Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: | faithless to their promises, without natural affection, without human pity. |
| Romans 1:32 | Who, having known the justice of God, did not understand that they who do such things, are worthy of death; and not only they that do them, but they also that consent to them that do them. | Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. | In short, though knowing full well the sentence which God pronounces against actions such as theirs, as things which deserve death, they not only practise them, but even encourage and applaud others who do them. |
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