3 Concerning 1His Son, who 2came 3out of the 4aseed of David according to the 5flesh,
4 Who was 1designated the 2aSon of God in 3power according to the 4Spirit of 5holiness 6out of the resurrection of the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord;
5 Through whom we have received 1grace and 2apostleship unto the 3aobedience of 4bfaith among all the Gentiles 5on behalf of His name,
6 Among whom you also are the 1called ones of Jesus Christ;
7 To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, the acalled 1saints: 2Grace to you and bpeace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all because your afaith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
9 For God is my witness, whom I 1serve in my 2spirit in the gospel of His Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,
10 Beseeching if by any means now at last I may be prospered in the will of God to come to you.
11 For I long to see you that I may impart to you some spiritual gift so that you may be aestablished;
12 That is, that I with you may be 1encouraged among you through the faith which is in one another, both yours and mine.
13 And I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that often I apurposed to come to you (yet was hindered until the present), that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.
14 I am debtor both to Greeks and to 1barbarians, both to wise and to foolish;
15 So, for my part, I am ready to announce the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the 1power of God unto 2salvation to every one who believes, both to Jew first and to Greek.
17 For the 1arighteousness of God is revealed in it 2out of faith to faith, as it is written, b“But the righteous shall 3have life and live by 4faith.”
18 1For the 2awrath of God is revealed from heaven 3upon all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who 4hold down 5the truth in unrighteousness,
19 Because that which is known of God is manifest 1within them, for God manifested it to them.
20 For the invisible things of Him, both His eternal power and 1divine characteristics, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, 2abeing perceived by the things made, so that they would be without excuse;
21 Because though 1they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or thank Him, but rather became 2vain in their reasonings, and their heart, lacking understanding, was darkened.
22 Professing to be wise, they became fools
23 And 1achanged the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and reptiles.