Romans 1:1-6 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called
to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
2(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
3Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
4And declared
to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
5By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
6Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ...
Rom 1:14-32 I am debtor both to the Greeks & to the Barbarians; both to the wise & to the unwise. So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
16For 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 therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Jeremiah 6:10-21;
Jeremiah 25:15-33;
Jonah 1:4-10;
Acts 27:13-26)
18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who supress the truth in unrighteousness. BECAUSE that which may be known about God IS MANIFEST IN THEM; for God has SHOWED
it to them.
20For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are CLEARLY SEEN, BEING UNDERSTOOD BY THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE (created),
even His eternal power & Godhead; so that THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE.
Because that, WHEN THEY KNEW GOD, they glorified
him not AS God, neither were THANKFUL; but became vain in their imaginations & their foolish heart was darkened.
22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools & changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man & to birds & fourfooted beasts & creeping things.
24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves:
25Who changed the truth of God INTO A LIE & worshiped & served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 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 & receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.
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; being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful.
Those, 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.
Romans 2:1ff You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.
So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?
5But because of your stubbornness & your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when His righteous judgment will be revealed. God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”
7To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor & immortality, He will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking & who reject the truth & follow evil, there will be wrath & anger.
9There will be trouble & distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; but glory, honor & peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For God does not show favoritism.
12All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, & all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.
14(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law.
They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness & their thoughts sometimes accusing them & at other times even defending them.) This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.
