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Epistle to the Romans, Chapter 1

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Chapter 1 of Romans—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, [a]1called as an apostle, 2set apart for 3the gospel of God,
  2. which He 4promised beforehand through His 5prophets in the holy Scriptures,
  3. concerning His Son, who was born 6of a [b]descendant of David 7according to the flesh,
  4. who was declared 8the Son of God with power [c]by the resurrection from the dead, according to the [d]Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord,
  5. through whom we have received grace and 9apostleship [e]to bring about the 10obedience of faith among 11all the Gentiles for His name’s sake,
  6. among whom you also are the 12called of Jesus Christ;
  7. ¶ to all who are 13beloved of God in Rome, called as [f]14saints: 15Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  8. ¶ First, 16I thank my God through Jesus Christ [g]for you all, because 17your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world.
  9. For 18God, whom I 19serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly 20I make mention of you,
  10. always in my prayers making request, if perhaps now at last by 21the will of God I may succeed in coming to you.
  11. For 22I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be [h]established;
  12. that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.
  13. 23I do not want you to be unaware, 24brethren, that often I 25have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some 26fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.
  14. 27I am [i]under obligation both to Greeks and to 28barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
  15. So, for my part, I am eager to 29preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
  16. ¶ For I am not 30ashamed of the gospel, for 31it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the 32Jew first and also to 33the Greek.
  17. For in it 34the righteousness of God is revealed [j]from faith to faith; as it is written, “[k]35BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.”
  18. ¶ For 36the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who 37suppress the truth [l]in unrighteousness,
  19. because 38that which is known about God is evident [m]within them; for God made it evident to them.
  20. For 39since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, 40being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
  21. For even though they knew God, they did not [n]honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became 41futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
  22. 42Professing to be wise, they became fools,
  23. and 43exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and [o]crawling creatures.
  24. ¶ Therefore 44God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be 45dishonored among them.
  25. For they exchanged the truth of God for [p]a 46lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, 47who is blessed [q]forever. Amen.
  26. ¶ For this reason 48God gave them over to 49degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is [r]unnatural,
  27. and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, 50men with men committing [s]indecent acts and receiving in [t]their own persons the due penalty of their error.
  28. ¶ And just as they did not see fit [u]to acknowledge God any longer, 51God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,
  29. being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are 52gossips,
  30. slanderers, [v]53haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, 54disobedient to parents,
  31. without understanding, untrustworthy, 55unloving, unmerciful;
  32. and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of 56death, they not only do the same, but also 57give hearty approval to those who practice them.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit a called apostle
  2. ^ Lit seed
  3. ^ Or as a result of
  4. ^ Or spirit
  5. ^ Lit for obedience
  6. ^ Or holy ones
  7. ^ Or concerning you all, that...
  8. ^ Or strengthened
  9. ^ Lit debtor
  10. ^ Or by
  11. ^ Or But he who is righteous by faith shall live
  12. ^ Or by
  13. ^ Or among
  14. ^ Lit glorify
  15. ^ Or reptiles
  16. ^ Lit the lie
  17. ^ Lit unto the ages
  18. ^ Lit against nature
  19. ^ Lit the shameless deed
  20. ^ Lit themselves
  21. ^ Lit to have God in knowledge
  22. ^ Or hateful to God

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Co 1:1; 9:1; 2Co 1:1
  2. ^ Ac 9:15; 13:2; Ga 1:15
  3. ^ Mr 1:14; Ro 15:16
  4. ^ Ti 1:2
  5. ^ Lu 1:70; Ro 3:21; 16:26
  6. ^ Mt 1:1
  7. ^ Jn 1:14; Ro 4:1; 9:3, 5; 1Co 10:18
  8. ^ Mt 4:3
  9. ^ Ac 1:25; Ga 1:16
  10. ^ Ac 6:7; Ro 16:26
  11. ^ Ac 9:15
  12. ^ Jd 1; Re 17:14
  13. ^ Ro 5:5ff; 8:39
  14. ^ Ac 9:13; Ro 8:28ff; 1Co 1:2, 24
  15. ^ Nu 6:25f; 1Co 1:3; 2Co 1:2; Ga 1:3; Eph 1:2; Pp 1:2; Col 1:2; 1Th 1:1; 2Th 1:2
  16. ^ 1Co 1:4; Eph 1:15f; Pp 1:3f; Col 1:3f; 1Th 1:2; 2:13
  17. ^ Ac 28:22; Ro 16:19
  18. ^ Ro 9:1
  19. ^ Ac 24:14; 2Ti 1:3
  20. ^ Eph 1:16; Pp 1:3f
  21. ^ Ac 18:21; Ro 15:32
  22. ^ Ac 19:21; Ro 15:23
  23. ^ Ro 11:25; 1Co 10:1; 12:1; 2Co 1:8; 1Th 4:13
  24. ^ Ac 1:15; Ro 7:1; 1Co 1:10; 14:20, 26; Ga 3:15
  25. ^ Ac 19:21; Ro 15:22f
  26. ^ Jn 4:36; 15:16; Pp 1:22; Col 1:6
  27. ^ 1Co 9:16
  28. ^ Ac 28:2
  29. ^ Ro 15:20
  30. ^ Mr 8:38; 2Ti 1:8, 12, 16
  31. ^ 1Co 1:18, 24
  32. ^ Ac 3:26; Ro 2:9
  33. ^ Jn 7:35
  34. ^ Ro 3:21; 9:30; Pp 3:9
  35. ^ Hab 2:4; Ga 3:11; Heb 10:38
  36. ^ Ro 5:9; Eph 5:6; Col 3:6
  37. ^ 2Th 2:6f
  38. ^ Ac 14:17; 17:24ff
  39. ^ Mr 10:6
  40. ^ Jb 12:7-9; Ps 19:1-6; Je 5:21f
  41. ^ 2Ki 17:15; Je 2:5; Eph 4:17f
  42. ^ Je 10:14; 1Co 1:20
  43. ^ De 4:16-18; Ps 106:20; Je 2:11; Ac 17:29
  44. ^ Ro 1:26, 28; Eph 4:19
  45. ^ Eph 2:3
  46. ^ Is 44:20; Je 10:14; 13:25; 16:19
  47. ^ Ro 9:5; 2Co 11:31
  48. ^ Ro 1:24
  49. ^ 1Th 4:5
  50. ^ Le 18:22; 20:13; 1Co 6:9
  51. ^ Ro 1:24
  52. ^ 2Co 12:20
  53. ^ Ps 5:5
  54. ^ 2Ti 3:2
  55. ^ 2Ti 3:3
  56. ^ Ro 6:21
  57. ^ Lu 11:48; Ac 8:1; 22:20

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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