Romans 1:8-26

⁸In the first place, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

⁹For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how constantly I make mention of you, always in my prayers

¹⁰supplicating that, if it be possible, I may at last through the will of God be favored with an opportunity of coming to you.

¹¹For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, which may be for your confirmation;

¹²that is, that I may be edified among you, and you also, through each other's faith, both yours and mine.

¹³But I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that I often purposed to come to you, though I have been hindered hitherto, that I might have some fruit of my labors among you also, as among the other gentiles.

¹⁴I am debtor both to Greeks and barbarians, both to the wise and the unwise.

¹⁵So, according to my ability, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also in Rome.

¹⁶For I am not ashamed of the gospel; for to every believer, to the Jew first and also to the Greek, it is the power of God unto salvation.

¹⁷For therein is revealed the righteousness which is of God from faith to faith; as it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”

¹⁸For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all impiety and unrighteousness of men, who keep down the truth in unrighteousness.

¹⁹Because that which may be known of God is manifest within them; for God made it manifest to them.

²⁰For, ever since the creation of the world, his invisible attributes, even his eternal power and divinity, being perceived from his works, are clearly seen, so that they might be without excuse.

²¹Because though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful to him; but became perverse in their reasonings, and their senseless minds were darkened;

²²professing to be wise, they became fools,

²³and for the glory of the incorruptible God they substituted images of corruptible man, and of birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things.

²⁴Wherefore God also gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to debase their bodies with one another;

²⁵because they changed the true God for false gods, and adored and worshipped created things rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

²⁶For this cause God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women indulged in unnatural lust,