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And I likewise supplicate, that hereafter a door may be opened to me, by the good pleasure of God, to come unto you.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel; for it is the power of God unto life, to all who believe in it; whether first they are of the Jews, or whether they are of the Gentiles.

For in it is revealed the righteousness of God, from faith to faith; as it is written, The righteous by faith, shall live.

For the wrath of God from heaven is revealed against all the iniquity and wickedness of men, who hold the truth in iniquity.

Because a knowledge of God is manifest in them; for God hath manifested it in them.

For, from the foundations of the world, the occult things of God are seen, by the intellect, in the things he created, even his eternal power and divinity; so that they might be without excuse;

because they knew God, and did not glorify him and give thanks to him as God, but became vain in their imaginings, and their unwise heart was darkened.

And they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into a likeness to the image of a corruptible man, and into the likeness of birds and quadrupeds and reptiles on the earth.

For this cause, God gave them up to the filthy lusts of their heart, to dishonor their bodies with them.

And they changed the truth of God into a lie; and worshipped and served the created things, much more than the Creator of them, to whom belong glory and blessing, for ever and ever: Amen.

For this cause, God gave them up to vile passions: for their females changed the use of their natures, and employed that which is unnatural.

And as they did not determine with themselves to know God, God gave them over to a vain mind; that they might do what they ought not,

and backbiting, and slander; and being haters of God, scoffers, proud, vain-glorious, devisers of evil things, destitute of reason, disregardful of parents,

These, while they know the judgment of God, that he condemneth those to death who perpetrate such things, are not only doers of them, but the companions of such as do them.

And we know that the judgment of God is in accordance with truth, in regard to those who practise these things.

And what thinkest thou, O man, that judgest those who practise these things, while practising them thyself, that thou wilt escape the judgment of God?

Or wilt thou abuse the riches of his benevolence, and his long suffering, and the opportunity which he giveth thee? And dost thou not know, that the benevolence of God should bring thee to repentance?

But, because of the hardness of thy unrepenting heart, thou art treasuring up a store of wrath against the day of wrath, and against the revelation of the righteous judgment of God:

For there is no respect of persons with God:

(for not the hearers of the law, are righteous before God; but the doers of the law are justified;