Writ to the Romers

Romans 1

1Paul, the doer of what Jesus Christ bids and wills, called to be his follower, and set aside to forsay the Good News of God.

2That Good News, sworn long ago by his foretellers to come to us in the holy writings,

33 tells us of his Son, which was made of the seed of David to the flesh;

4And forsaid to be the Son of God with heavenly might, having the Holy Ghost in him of holiness, by the rising from the dead:

5By whom we have gotten blessings and apostleship, for living by the faith among all folkdoms, for his name:

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

7To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: blessing to you and frith from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your belief is spoken of throughout the whole world.

9For God is my witness, whom I bow down to with my soul in the good news of his Son, that without stopping I speak of you always in my prayers;

10bidding, if by any means now at length I might have a glad overfare by the will of God to come unto you.

11For I long to see you, that I may lay onto you some soully gift, to the end ye may be soulboosted;

12That is, that I may be heartened together with you by the same belief both of you and me.

13Now I would not have you unkowong, brethren, that oftentimes I offseewilled to come unto you, (but was forcome hitherto,) that I might win some followers among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

14I am duty bound both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

15So, as much as in me is, I am ready to forsay the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the might of God unto onhealing of every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

17For therein is the righteousness of God yondshown from belief to belief: as it is written, The upright shall live by belief.

18For the wrath of God is yondshown from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

19Because that which may be known of God is open to sight for them; for God hath showed it unto them.

20For the unseeable things of him from the begrounding of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his evermighty power and Godhead; so that they are without guiltlessness:

21Because that, when they knew God, they lifted him on high him not as God, neither were thankful; but became proud in their bethinkings, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

22Forsaying themselves to be wise, they became fools,

23And changed the awe-begetingness of the unbefoulable God into an image made like to befoulable man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to sully their own bodies between themselves:

25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and bowed to the creature more than the Maker, who is blessed forever. Amen.

26For this cause God gave them up unto baneful affections: for even their women did bewend from the natural use of their bodies to that which is against nature:

27And 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, and getting into themselves that reward of the wrong which was met.

28And even as they did not like to onkeep God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a lame mind, to do those things which are not rightly;

29Being filled with all unrightlysness, unwedlocksome sex, wickedness, greed for what is others’, fiery anger; full of wishing for other’ belongings, murder, word-wrestling, bepeaching, hate; whisperers,

30Backbiters, haters of God, hateful, proud, boasters, makers of evil things, not doing the will of their fathers and mothers,

31Without understanding, oathbreakers, without natural feeling, cold-hearted, unmerciful:

32Who knowing the mind of God, that they which belay such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but take liking in them that do them.