Thematic Bible
Romans 1:1 (show verse)
To all in Rome who are dear to God and have been called to become Christ's People, From Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, who has been called to become an Apostle, and has been set apart to tell God's Good News.
Romans 1:2 (show verse)
This Good News God promised long ago through his Prophets in the sacred Scriptures,
Romans 1:3 (show verse)
Concerning his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord; who, as to his human nature, was descended from David,
Romans 1:4 (show verse)
But, as to the spirit of holiness within him, was miraculously designated Son of God by his resurrection from the dead.
Romans 1:5 (show verse)
Through him we received the gift of the Apostolic office, to win submission to the Faith among all nations for the glory of his Name.
Romans 1:6 (show verse)
And among these nations are you-you who have been called to belong to Jesus Christ.
Romans 1:7 (show verse)
May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.
Romans 1:8 (show verse)
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ about you all, because the report of your faith is spreading throughout the world.
Romans 1:9 (show verse)
God, to whom I offer the worship of my soul as I tell the Goodness of his Son, is my witness how constantly I mention you when I pray,
Romans 1:10 (show verse)
Asking that, if he be willing, I may some day at last find the way open to visit you.
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Romans 1:11 (show verse)
For I long to see you, in order to impart to you some spiritual gift and so give you fresh strength--
Romans 1:12 (show verse)
Or rather that both you and I may find encouragement in each other's faith.
Romans 1:13 (show verse)
I want you to know, Brothers, that I have many times intended coming to see you-but until now I have been prevented-that I might find among you some fruit of my labors, as I have already among the other nations.
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Romans 1:14 (show verse)
I have a duty to both the Greek and the Barbarian, to both the cultured and the ignorant.
Romans 1:15 (show verse)
And so, for my part, I am ready to tell the Good News to you also who are in Rome.
Romans 1:16 (show verse)
For I am not ashamed of the Good News; it is the power of God which brings Salvation to every one who believes in Christ, to the Jew first, but also to the Greek.
Romans 1:17 (show verse)
For in it there is a revelation of the Divine Righteousness resulting from faith and leading on to faith; as Scripture says- -'Through faith the righteous man shall find Life.'
Romans 1:18 (show verse)
So, too, there is a revelation from Heaven of the Divine Wrath against every form of ungodliness and wickedness on the part of those men who, by their wicked lives, are stifling the Truth.
Romans 1:19 (show verse)
This is so, because what can be known about God is plain to them; for God himself has made it plain.
Romans 1:20 (show verse)
For ever since the creation of the universe God's invisible attributes-his everlasting power and divinity-are to be seen and studied in his works, so that men have no excuse;
Romans 1:21 (show verse)
Because, although they learned to know God, yet they did not offer him as God either praise or thanksgiving. Their speculations about him proved futile, and their undiscerning minds were darkened.
Romans 1:22 (show verse)
Professing to be wise, they showed themselves fools;
Romans 1:23 (show verse)
And they transformed the Glory of the immortal God into the likeness of mortal man, and of birds, and beasts, and reptiles.
Romans 1:24 (show verse)
Therefore God abandoned them to impurity, letting them follow the cravings of their hearts, till they dishonored their own bodies;
Romans 1:25 (show verse)
For they had substituted a lie for the truth about God, and had reverenced and worshiped created things more than the Creator, who is to be praised for ever. Amen.
Romans 1:26 (show verse)
That, I say, is why God abandoned them to degrading passions. Even the women among them perverted the natural use of their bodies to the unnatural;
Romans 1:27 (show verse)
While the men, disregarding that for which women were intended by nature, were consumed with passion for one another. Men indulged in vile practices with men, and incurred in their own persons the inevitable penalty for their perverseness.
Romans 1:28 (show verse)
Then, as they would not keep God before their minds, God abandoned them to depraved thoughts, so that they did all kinds of shameful things.
Romans 1:29 (show verse)
They reveled in every form of wickedness, evil, greed, vice. Their lives were full of envy, murder, quarreling, treachery, malice.
Romans 1:30 (show verse)
They became back-biters, slanderers, impious, insolent, boastful. They devised new sins. They disobeyed their parents.
Romans 1:31 (show verse)
They were undiscerning, untrustworthy, without natural affection or pity.
Romans 1:32 (show verse)
Well aware of God's decree, that those who do such things deserve to die, not only are they guilty of them themselves, but they even applaud those who do them.