Chapter 1 – Chapter 3

Chapter 1

CHAPTER 1

1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called Apostle, chosen for the gospel of God,

2 Which he had before promised by his Prophets in the holy Scriptures,

3 Concerning his Son, who came from the seed of David according to the flesh;

4 Declared the Son of’ God in power, through the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, even Jesus Christ our Lord;

5 Through whom we have received grace and apostleship for the obedience of faith among all nations, for his name’s sake;

6 Among whom ye are also the called of Jesus Christ;

7 To all of you who are at Rome, beloved by God, called saints: grace to you, and peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

8 First indeed I give thanks to my God, through Jesus Christ, for you all, because your faith is proclaimed through the whole world.

9 For my witness is God, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that I continually make mention of you, in all my prayers,

10 Requesting that by some means a prosperous journey may some time be given me, through God’s will, to come to you:

11 For I desire to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to confirm you;

12 That is, that we may mutually partake of encouragement through mutual faith, even yours and mine.

13 And I would not that you should not know, brethren, that I have often proposed to come to you, (and have been hitherto hindered,) that I might have some fruit among you as also among other nations.

14 Both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish, am I a debtor;

15 So that, as far as I can, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also who are at Rome;

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, since it is the power of God for salvation to every one who believes, to the Jew first, then to the Greek;

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

18 Revealed also is the wrath of God from heaven, against all the impiety and injustice of men, who unjustly suppress the truth of God;

19 Because what may be known of God, is manifest in them, for God has manifested it to them;

20 Since his invisible things are seen from the creation of the world, being understood by his works, even his eternal power and divinity, so that they are inexcusable;

21 inasmuch as when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, nor were thankful; but became vain in their thoughts, and darkened was their foolish heart:

22 When they thought themselves wise, they became fools,

23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image, into that of a corruptible man and of birds and of quadrupeds and of reptiles.

24 Therefore God gave them up to the lusts of their own hearts for uncleanness, that they might degrade their bodies among themselves,

25 Who had transformed the truth respecting God into falsehood, and worshipped and adored the creature above the Creator; who is blessed for ever; Amen

26 Therefore, I say, God gave them up to disgraceful passions; for their women turned the natural habit into that which is contrary to nature;

27 And in like manner the men also, having left off the natural use of the woman, burned with mutual lust, one towards another, males working filthiness with males, and receiving in themselves the reward due to them for their going astray.

28 And as they chose not to retain the knowledge of God, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do things not becoming;

29 That they might be full of all unrighteousness, wickedness, lust, avarice, malignity, being filled with envy, murder, strife, guile, perversity, being whisperers,

30 Calumniators, haters of God, villaneus, disdainful, haughty, inventors of evils, disobedient to parents,

31 Without understanding, insociable, void of natural affections, truce-breakers, merciless;

32 Who, when they knew the judgment of God, that they who do such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but approve of those who do them.

Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2

1 Therefore inexcusable art thou, O man, who judgest; for in what thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself, for the same things doest thou who judgest.

2 Now we know that God’s judgment is according to truth on those who do such things.

3 And thinkest thou, O man, who judgest those who do such things and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and gentleness, not knowing that the goodness of God leads thee to repentance?

5 But according to thy hardness and a heart that cannot repent, thou treasurest for thyself wrath for the day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

6 Who will render to every one according to his works, —

7 To those indeed, who by perseverance in doing good, seek glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;

8 But to those who are contentious and disobedient to the truth and obey unrighteousness, there shall be indignation and wrath,

9 Tribulation and anguish shall be on every soul of man who doeth evil, the Jew first, then the Greek;

10 But glory and honor and peace shall be to every one who works good, to the Jew first, then to the Greek;

11 Since there is no respect of persons with God.

12 For whosoever have without the law sinned, shall also without the law perish; but whosoever have under the law sinned, shall by the law be judged,

13 For not the hearers of the law are just before God; but they who do the law shall be justified.

14 When indeed the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature the things of the law, they, having not the law, are a law to themselves;

15 Who show the work of the law written on their hearts, their conscience at the same time attesting, and their thoughts accusing or excusing each other,

16 In the day in which God will judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, through Jesus Christ.

17 Behold, thou art named a Jew, and restest in the law and gloriest in God,

18 And knowest his will and approvest of things excellent, being instructed from the law,

19 And art confident that thou thyself art a leader to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

20 An instructor to the foolish, a teacher to the ignorant, because thou hast the form of knowledge and of’ the truth according to the law:

21 Yet thou who teachest another, dost not teach thyself; thou who preachest “steal not,” stealest;

22 Thou who sayest, “commit no adultery,” committest adultery; thou who hatest idols, committest sacrilege;

23 Thou who gloriest in the law, by transgressing the law dishonorest God; for the name of God,

24 As it is written, is reproached on your account among the nations.

25 For circumcision indeed profits, if thou keep the law; but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is turned into uncircumcision.

26 If then the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

27 And shall not he who is by nature uncircumcision judge thee, (if he keep the law,) who by the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the law?

28 For not he who is a Jew openly, is a Jew; nor is that circumcision which is openly in the flesh:

29 But he who is one in secret is a Jew; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; the praise of whom is not from men, but from God.

Chapter 3

CHAPTER 3

1 What then is the privilege of the Jew, or what is the benefit of circumcision?

2 Much in every way; and first indeed, because to them have been intrusted the oracles of God.

3 What indeed if some have not believed? Shall their unbelief render void the faithfulness of God?

4 By no means; but let God be true, and every man false, as it is written, “That thou mightest be justified in thy words, and overcome when thou art judged.”

5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who executes wrath? (according to man I speak:)

6 By no means; for how then shall God judge the world?

7 If indeed the truth of God has through my falsehood redounded to his glory, why still am even I judged as a sinner, —

8 And why not (as we are reproached, and as some declare that we say) “Let us do evils, that good things may come?” the judgment of whom is just.

9 What then? do we excel? Not at all; for we have before brought a charge against both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin;

10 As it is written, “There is none righteous, not indeed one;

11 There is none who understands, There is none who seeks God;

12 All have turned aside; they have become together unprofitable; there is none who doeth kindness, no, not even one:

13 An open grave is their throat; with their tongues have they dealt deceitfully: The poison of asps is under their lips:

14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

15 Swift are their feet to shed blood;

16 Ruin and misery are in their ways;

17 And the way of peace have they not known:

18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may become guilty before God:

20 Because no flesh shall by the works of the law be justified before him, since by the law is the knowledge of sin.

21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being approved by the law and the Prophets, —

22 Even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, which is to all and upon all who believe: there is indeed no difference;

23 For all have sinned, and are become destitute of the glory of God;

24 And they are justified gratuitously by his grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;

25 Whom God has set forth as a propitiatory through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness on account of the remission of sins, which before existed through the forbearance of God, —

26 For a demonstration of his righteousness, at this time, that he might be just. and the justifier of him who believes in Jesus.

27 Where then is glorying? It is excluded: by what law? Of works? no; but by the law of faith.

28 We then conclude, that by faith is man justified without the works of the law.

29 Is he the God of the Jews only? and not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also;

30 Since one is God, who will justify the circumcision by faith and the uncircumcision through faith.

31 Do we then make void the law by faith? By no means; but we confirm the law.