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1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
2 (Which He had promised before by His prophets in the holy Scriptures,)
3 Concerning His Mature Son Jesus Christ our Lord, Who became the seed of David according to the body;
4 And declared to be the Mature Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of Holiness by the resurrection from the dead:
5 By whom we have received divine power for righteousness, holiness, and redemption and apostleship to call people from among the gentiles into the obedience that comes by supernatural belief and trust, on behalf of His Name, * * * *
6 among whom you are also invited by Jesus Christ,
7 to all who are in Rome, dearly loved by God, invited to be separated to God’s service in Jesus, divine power for righteousness, holiness, and redemption to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your supernatural belief and trust is spoken of throughout the whole world.
9 For God is my witness, Whom I serve with my spirit in the Good News of His Mature Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,
10 making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come to you.
11 For I long to see you so that I may impart into you some spiritual charisma gift, * * *
12 that is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual supernatural belief and trust, of both you and me.
13 Now I don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, that I often purposed to come to you (but was hindered to this point) so that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
14 I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the Barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise.
15 So, I am eager to proclaim the Good News to you who are at Rome also.
16 For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the Power of God into salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17 For, in the Good News, the Righteousness of God is unveiled from supernatural belief and trust to supernatural belief and trust. As it is written, "The just shall live by supernatural belief and trust." * *
18 For the divine judgment of God is unveiled from Heaven against all lack of reverence toward God and unrighteousness of innermost mind and life of those who suppress the Truth in the unrighteousness of their innermost mind and life, *
19 because that which may be known about God is plainly known among them, for God has made it visible to them. Note
20 For that which cannot be seen of Him is clearly seen from the creation of the world, being understood by the things that are made, not only His eternal Power but also His Godhead, so that they are without excuse,
21 because, when they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God, nor were they thankful, but they became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish innermost minds were darkened. [The Sin]
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image in the likeness of corruptible humanity, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping animals.
24 Therefore God also gave them up into uncleanness through the desire for forbidden things that is within their own innermost minds, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves [The Punishment ]
25 who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator Who is blessed into the coming age. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up to vile afflictions of the mind, for even their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature,
27 And in the same way the men also, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their desire toward one another, men with men, committing indecent acts and receiving in themselves the just penalty that is necessary and fitting for their wandering from the path.
28 And even as they did not think it was important to be closely joined to God in their knowledge, God completely put them into the custody of their depraved minds to do those things that should never be done. *
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, desire to harm; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, depravity; slanderers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, spiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 without understanding, simple, without natural affection, not willing to make any agreement, unmerciful.
32 Who, knowing the judgment of God that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do these things but also have pleasure in those who do them.