Romans 1:11-32

11For 1I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be 2established; 12that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine. 133I do not want you to be unaware, 4brothers and sisters, that often I 5have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some 6fruit among you also just as among the rest of the Gentiles. 147I am 8under obligation both to Greeks and to the 910uncultured, both to the wise and to the foolish. 15So, for my part, I am eager to 11preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

16For I am not 12ashamed of the gospel, for 13it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the 14Jew first and also to 15the Greek. 17For in it 16the righteousness of God is revealed 17from faith to faith; as it is written: “1819But the righteous one will live by faith.”

18For 20the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who 21suppress the truth 22in unrighteousness, 19because 23that which is known about God is evident 24within them; for God made it evident to them. 20For 25since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, 26being understood by what has been made, so that they are without excuse. 21For even though they knew God, they did not 27honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became 28futile in their reasonings, and their senseless hearts were darkened. 2229Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23and they 30exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible mankind, of birds, four-footed animals, and 31crawling creatures.

24Therefore 32God gave them up to vile impurity in the lusts of their hearts, so that their bodies would be 33dishonored among them. 25For they exchanged the truth of God for 3435falsehood, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, 36who is blessed 37forever. Amen.

26For this reason 38God gave them over to 39degrading passions; for their women exchanged natural relations for that which is contrary to nature, 27and likewise the men, too, abandoned natural relations 40with women and burned in their desire toward one another, 41males with males committing 42shameful acts and receiving in 43their own persons the due penalty of their error.

28And just as they did not see fit 44to acknowledge God, 45God gave them up to a depraved mind, to do those things that are not proper, 29people having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice; they are 46gossips, 30slanderers, 4748haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, 49disobedient to parents, 31without understanding, untrustworthy, 50unfeeling, and unmerciful; 32and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of 51death, they not only do the same, but also 52approve of those who practice them.