Nov 25 - Romans 1-3
Romans
1Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called as an Apostle, separated for the Gospel of God2which he had promised beforehand, through his Prophets, in the Holy Scriptures3about his Son, who was made for him from the offspring of David according to the flesh4the Son of God, who was predestined in virtue according to the Spirit of sanctification from the resurrection of the dead, our Lord Jesus Christ5through whom we have received grace and Apostleship, for the sake of his name, for the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles6from whom you also have been called by Jesus Christ7To all who are at Rome, the beloved of God, called as saints. Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ8Certainly, I give thanks to my God, through Jesus Christ, first for all of you, because your faith is being announced throughout the entire world9For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit by the Gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I have kept a remembrance of yo10always in my prayers, pleading that in some way, at some time, I may have a prosperous journey, within the will of God, to come to you11For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you a certain spiritual grace to strengthen you12specifically, to be consoled together with you through that which is mutual: your faith and mine13But I want you to know, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you, (though I have been hindered even to the present time) so that I might obtain some fruit among you also, just as also among the other Gentiles14To the Greeks and to the uncivilized, to the wise and to the foolish, I am in debt15So within me there is a prompting to evangelize to you also who are at Rome16For I am not ashamed of the Gospel. For it is the power of God unto salvation for all believers, the Jew first, and the Greek17For the justice of God is revealed within it, by faith unto faith, just as it was written: "For the just one lives by faith.18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven over every impiety and injustice among those men who fend off the truth of God with injustice19For what is known about God is manifest in them. For God has manifested it to them20For unseen things about him have been made conspicuous, since the creation of the world, being understood by the things that were made; likewise his everlasting virtue and divinity, so much so that they have no excuse21For although they had known God, they did not glorify God, nor give thanks. Instead, they became weakened in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was obscured22For, while proclaiming themselves to be wise, they became foolish23And they exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of flying things, and of four-legged beasts, and of serpents24For this reason, God handed them over to the desires of their own heart for impurity, so that they afflicted their own bodies with indignities among themselves25And they exchanged the truth of God for a lie. And they worshipped and served the creature, rather than the Creator, who is blessed for all eternity. Amen26Because of this, God handed them over to shameful passions. For example, their females have exchanged the natural use of the body for a use which is against nature27And similarly, the males also, abandoning the natural use of females, have burned in their desires for one another: males doing with males what is disgraceful, and receiving within themselves the recompense that necessarily results from their error28And since they did not prove to have God by knowledge, God handed them over to a morally depraved way of thinking, so that they might do those things which are not fitting29having been completely filled with all iniquity, malice, fornication, avarice, wickedness; full of envy, murder, contention, deceit, spite, gossiping30slanderous, hateful toward God, abusive, arrogant, self-exalting, devisers of evil, disobedient to parents31foolish, disorderly; without affection, without fidelity, without mercy32And these, though they had known the justice of God, did not understand that those who act in such a manner are deserving of death, and not only those who do these things, but also those who consent to what is done
1For this reason, O man, each one of you who judges is inexcusable. For by that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you do the same things that you judge2For we know that the judgment of God is in accord with truth against those who do such things3But, O man, when you judge those who do such things as you yourself also do, do you think that you will escape the judgment of God4Or do you despise the riches of his goodness and patience and forbearance? Do you not know that the kindness of God is calling you to repentance5But in accord with your hard and impenitent heart, you store up wrath for yourself, unto the day of wrath and of revelation by the just judgment of God6For he will render to each one according to his works7To those who, in accord with patient good works, seek glory and honor and incorruption, certainly, he will render eternal life8But to those who are contentious and who do not acquiesce to the truth, but instead trust in iniquity, he will render wrath and indignation9Tribulation and anguish are upon every soul of man that works evil: the Jew first, and also the Greek10But glory and honor and peace are for all who do what is good: the Jew first, and also the Greek11For there is no favoritism with God12For whoever had sinned without the law, will perish without the law. And whoever had sinned in the law, will be judged by the law13For it is not the hearers of the law who are just before God, but rather it is the doers of the law who shall be justified14For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature those things which are of the law, such persons, not having the law, are a law unto themselves15For they reveal the work of the law written in their hearts, while their conscience renders testimony about them, and their thoughts within themselves also accuse or even defend them16unto the day when God shall judge the hidden things of men, through Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel17But if you are called by name a Jew, and you rest upon the law, and you find glory in God18and you have known his will, and you demonstrate the more useful things, having been instructed by the law19you become confident within yourself that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness20an instructor to the foolish, a teacher to children, because you have a type of knowledge and truth in the law21As a result, you teach others, but you do not teach yourself. You preach that men should not steal, but you yourself steal22You speak against adultery, but you commit adultery. You abominate idols, but you commit sacrilege23You would glory in the law, but through a betrayal of the law you dishonor God24(For because of you the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles, just as it was written.25Certainly, circumcision is beneficial, if you observe the law. But if you are a betrayer of the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision26And so, if the uncircumcised keep the justices of the law, shall not this lack of circumcision be counted as circumcision27And that which is by nature uncircumcised, if it fulfills the law, should it not judge you, who by the letter and by circumcision are a betrayer of the law28For a Jew is not he who seems so outwardly. Neither is circumcision that which seems so outwardly, in the flesh29But a Jew is he who is so inwardly. And circumcision of the heart is in the spirit, not in the letter. For its praise is not of men, but of God
1So then, what more is the Jew, or what is the usefulness of circumcision2Much in every way: First of all, certainly, because the eloquence of God was entrusted to them3But what if some of them have not believed? Shall their unbelief nullify the faith of God? Let it not be so4For God is truthful, but every man is deceitful; just as it was written: "Therefore, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment.5But if even our injustice points to the justice of God, what shall we say? Could God be unfair for inflicting wrath6(I am speaking in human terms.) Let it not be so! Otherwise, how would God judge this world7For if the truth of God has abounded, through my falseness, unto his glory, why should I still be judged as such a sinner8And should we not do evil, so that good may result? For so we have been slandered, and so some have claimed we said; their condemnation is just9What is next? Should we try to excel ahead of them? By no means! For we have accused all Jews and Greeks to be under sin10just as it was written: "There is no one who is just11There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks God12All have gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one13Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongues, they have been acting deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips14Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness15Their feet are swift to shed blood16Grief and unhappiness are in their ways17And the way of peace they have not known18There is no fear of God before their eyes.19But we know that whatever the law speaks, it speaks to those who are in the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the entire world may be subject to God20For in his presence no flesh shall be justified by the works of the law. For knowledge of sin is through the law21But now, without the law, the justice of God, to which the law and the prophets have testified, has been made manifest22And the justice of God, through the faith of Jesus Christ, is in all those and over all those who believe in him. For there is no distinction23For all have sinned and all are in need of the glory of God24We have been justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus25whom God has offered as a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to reveal his justice for the remission of the former offenses26and by the forbearance of God, to reveal his justice in this time, so that he himself might be both the Just One and the Justifier of anyone who is of the faith of Jesus Christ27So then, where is your self-exaltation? It is excluded. Through what law? That of works? No, but rather through the law of faith28For we judge a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law29Is God of the Jews only and not also of the Gentiles? On the contrary, of the Gentiles also30For One is the God who justifies circumcision by faith and uncircumcision through faith31Are we then destroying the law through faith? Let it not be so! Instead, we are making the law stand