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who was marked out the Son of God in power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection of the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord;

to all those who are in Rome, beloved of God, called-out saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of in all the world.

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of His Son, how without ceasing I make mention of you

always at my prayers, beseeching if by any means now at length I shall be blessed by the will of God to come to you.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to everyone believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek;

for in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; even as it has been written, "But the just shall live by faith." Hab. 2:4

because the thing known of God is clearly known within them, for God revealed it to them.

Because knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful. But they became vain in their reasonings, and their undiscerning heart was darkened.

and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into a likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed animals, and creeping things.

Because of this, God gave them up to impurity in the lusts of their hearts, their bodies to be dishonored among themselves,

who changed the truth of God into the lie, and worshiped and served the created thing more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

Because of this, God gave them up to dishonorable passions, for even their females changed the natural use to that contrary to nature.

And even as they did not think fit to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do the things not right,

slanderers, God-haters, insolent, proud, braggarts, devisers of evil things, disobedient to parents,

who knowing the righteous order of God, that those practicing such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but also approve those practicing them .

But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth on those that practice such things.

And, O man, the one judging those practicing such things, and doing them, do you think that you will escape the judgment of God?

Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, and the forbearance and the long-suffering, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

But according to your hardness and your impenitent heart, do you treasure up to yourself wrath in a day of wrath, and revelation of a righteous judgment of God?