Romans 1–16

1^*Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, ^acalled to be an apostle, ^bseparated unto the gospel of God, ^2c(Which he had promised afore ^dby his prophets in the holy scriptures,) ³Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, ^ewhich was ^fmade of the seed of David according to the flesh; ⁴And ^†declared to be ^gthe Son of God with power, according ^hto the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: ⁵By whom ⁱwe have received grace and ^japostleship, ^||for ^kobedience to the faith ^lamong all nations, ^lfor his name: ⁶Among whom are ye also the ^mcalled of Jesus Christ: ⁷To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, ^mcalled to be saints: ⁿGrace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁸First, ^oI thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that ^pyour faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. ⁹For ^qGod is my witness, ^rwhom I serve ^||with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that ^swithout ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; ^10tMaking request, if by any means now at length I might ^uhave a prosperous journey ^vby the will of God to come unto you. ¹¹For I long to see you, that ^wI may impart unto you ^xsome spiritual gift, to the end you may be established; ¹²That is, that I may be comforted together ^||with you by ^ythe mutual faith both of you and me. ¹³Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that ^zoftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but ^awas let hitherto,) that I might have ^bsome ^cfruit ^||among you also, even as among other Gentiles. ^14dI am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the ^eBarbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. ¹⁵So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. ¹⁶For ^fI am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for ^git is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to ^hthe Jew ⁱfirst, and also to ^hthe ^jGreek. ¹⁷For therein ^kis the righteousness of God revealed from ^kkfaith to faith: as it is written, ^lThe just shall live by faith.

¹⁸For ^mthe wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; ¹⁹ⁿBecause ^othat which may be known of God is manifest ^||in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. ²⁰For ^othe invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, ^pbeing understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; ^||so that they are ^qwithout excuse: ²¹Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but ^rbecame ^svain in their imaginations, and their ^tfoolish heart ^swas darkened. ^22uProfessing themselves to be wise, they became fools, ²³And ^vchanged the glory of the uncorruptible God into ^wan image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and ^wfourfooted beasts, and creeping things. ²⁴Wherefore ^xGod also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, ^yto dishonour their own bodies between themselves: ²⁵Who changed ^zthe truth of God into ^aa lie, and worshipped and served the creature ^||more than the Creator, who is ^bblessed for ever. Amen.

²⁶For this cause ^xGod gave them up unto ^cvile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: ²⁷And likewise also ^dthe men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their ^elust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. ²⁸And even as they did not ^flike ^||to retain God in their knowledge, ^xGod gave them over to ^||a reprobate mind, to do those things ^gwhich are not convenient; ²⁹Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, ^hiwickedness, ^hcovetousness, ^ijkmaliciousness; full of ^kenvy, murder, debate, deceit, ^lmalignity; ^mwhisperers, ^30mBackbiters, ⁿhaters of God, ^odespiteful, ^hpproud, ^pboasters, ^qinventors of evil things, ^pdisobedient to parents, ^31rWithout understanding, covenantbreakers, ^||swithout natural affection, ^simplacable, unmerciful: ³²Who knowing ^tthe judgment of God, that they which commit such things ^uare worthy of death, not only do the same, but ^||xhave pleasure in them that do them.

2Therefore thou art ^ainexcusable, ^bO man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for ^cwherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. ²But ^dwe are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. ³And thinkest thou this, ^bO man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? ⁴Or despisest thou ^ethe riches of his goodness and ^fforbearance and ^glongsuffering; ^hnot knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? ⁵But after thy hardness and impenitent heart ⁱtreasurest up unto thyself wrath against ^kthe day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; ^6lWho will render to every man according to his deeds: ⁷To them who by ^mpatient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, ⁿeternal life: ⁸But unto them ^othat are contentious, and ^pdo not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and ^qwrath, ^9rTribulation and ^ranguish, ^supon every soul of man that doeth evil, ^tof the ^uJew first, and also of the ^†uGentile; ¹⁰But ^wglory, ^whonour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the ^†Gentile: ¹¹For there is ^xno respect of persons with God. ¹²For ^uas many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and ^uas many as have sinned in the law shall be judged ^yby the law; ¹³(For not ^zthe hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law ^ashall be justified. ¹⁴For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: ¹⁵Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, ^||their conscience also bearing witness, and ^btheir thoughts ^||the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) ^16cIn the day when God shall judge the secrets of men ^dby Jesus Christ ^eaccording to my gospel.

¹⁷Behold, ^fthou art called a Jew, and ^grestest in the law, and ^hmakest thy boast of God, ¹⁸And ⁱknowest his will, and ^||kapprovest the things that are more excellent, ^lbeing instructed out of the law; ¹⁹And ^mart confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, ²⁰An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast ⁿthe form of ^oknowledge and of the truth in the law. ^21pThou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? ^22qThou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, ^rdost thou commit sacrilege? ^23sThou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? ²⁴For ^tthe name of God is blasphemed ^uamong the Gentiles through you, as it is written. ^25wFor circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. ²⁶Therefore ^xif the uncircumcision keep ^ythe righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? ²⁷And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, ^zjudge thee, who by ^athe letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? ²⁸For ^bhe is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: ²⁹But he is a Jew, ^cwhich is one inwardly; and ^dcircumcision is that of the heart, ^ein the spirit, and not in ^athe letter; ^fwhose praise is ^gnot of men, but of God.

3What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? ²Much every way: chiefly, because that ^aunto them were committed ^bthe oracles of God. ³For ^cwhat if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make ^dthe faith of God without effect? ^4eGod forbid: yea, let ^fGod be true, but ^gevery man a liar; as it is written, ^hThat thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. ⁵But if our unrighteousness ⁱcommend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? ^k(I speak as a man) ^6eGod forbid: for then ^lhow shall God judge the world? ⁷For if ^mthe truth of God hath more abounded through ^mmy lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner? ⁸And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) ⁿLet us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

⁹What then? ^oare we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before ^†proved both ^pJews and ^qGentiles, that ^rthey are all under sin; ¹⁰As it is written, ^sThere is none righteous, no, not one: ¹¹There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. ¹²They are all gone out of the way, they are together ^tbecome unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. ^13uTheir throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; ^xthe poison of asps is under their lips: ^14yWhose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: ^15zaTheir feet are swift to shed blood: ¹⁶Destruction and misery are in their ways: ¹⁷And the way of peace have they not known: ^18bThere is no fear of God before their eyes. ¹⁹Now we know that what things soever ^cthe law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that ^devery mouth may be stopped, and ^eall the world may become ^||guilty before God. ^20fTherefore ^gby the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for ^hby the law is the knowledge of sin.

²¹But now ⁱthe righteousness of God ^jwithout the law is manifested, being witnessed by ^klthe law and ^lmthe prophets; ²²Even the righteousness of God which is ⁿby faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for ^othere is no difference: ²³For ^eall have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; ²⁴Being justified ^pfreely ^qby his grace ^rthrough…