Romans 1:10-22

¹⁰begging that perhaps now, at last, I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

¹¹For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established

¹²—that is, that I may be encouraged among you by our mutual faith, both yours and mine.

¹³I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but was hindered until now), in order that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the rest of the Gentiles.

¹⁴I am a debtor both to Greeks and to non-Greeks, both to wise and to foolish.

¹⁵So, for my part, I am eager to preach the Gospel to you who are in Rome as well.

¹⁶I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, because it is the power of God for the salvation of each one who believes (for the Jew first, then the Greek);

¹⁷because in it God's righteousness is revealed, from faith to faith; just as it is written: “The righteous one will live by faith.”

¹⁸Now the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven upon all ungodliness and unrighteousness of the people who suppress the truth by unrighteousness,

¹⁹precisely because what may be known about God is evident among them, because God has shown it to them.

²⁰Because His invisible attributes, namely His eternal power and divine nature, are clearly seen from the creation of the world, being understood from what has been made, so that they are inexcusable;

²¹precisely because, knowing God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks; so their reasonings became worthless and their senseless hearts were darkened.

²²Claiming to be wise, they became fools,