Berean Study Bible

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1Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—

1Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

2the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

2which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

3regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,

3concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh

4and 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.

4and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

5Through 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.

5through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,

6And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

6including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ,

7To 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.

7To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.

8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.

9God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

9For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you

10in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.

10always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God’s will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.

11For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

11For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you—

12that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.

12that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.

13I 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.

13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.

14I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

14I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

15That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.

15So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

16I 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.

16For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

17For 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.”

17For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

19For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

19For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.

20For 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.

20For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

21For 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.

21For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,

22Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

24Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

24Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,

25They 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.

25because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

26For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.

26For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature;

27Likewise, 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.

27and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

28Furthermore, 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.

28And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.

29They 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,

29They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,

30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.

30slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,

31They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.

31foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.

32Although 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.

32Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.

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