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1. Greetings from Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus. God chose me to be an apostle and gave me the work of telling his Good News.
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1. Paul G3972 , a servant G1401 of Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 , called G2822 to be an apostle G652 , separated G873 unto G1519 the gospel G2098 of God G2316 ,
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2. God promised long ago through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures to give this Good News to his people.
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2. ( Which G3739 he had promised afore G4279 by G1223 his G848 prophets G4396 in G1722 the Holy G40 Scriptures G1124 ,)
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3. The Good News is about God's Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. As a human, he was born from the family of David, but through the Holy Spirit he was shown to be God's powerful Son when he was raised from death.
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3. Concerning G4012 his G848 Son G5207 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 our G2257 Lord G2962 , which G3588 was made G1096 of G1537 the seed G4690 of David G1138 according G2596 to the flesh G4561 ;
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4. And declared G3724 to be the Son G5207 of God G2316 with G1722 power G1411 , according G2596 to the spirit G4151 of holiness G42 , by G1537 the resurrection G386 from the dead G3498 :
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5. Through Christ, God gave me the special work of an apostle�to lead people of all nations to believe and obey him. I do all this to honor Christ.
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5. By G1223 whom G3739 we have received G2983 grace G5485 and G2532 apostleship G651 , for G1519 obedience G5218 to the faith G4102 among G1722 all G3956 nations G1484 , for G5228 his G848 name G3686 ;
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6. You are some of those who have been chosen to belong to Jesus Christ.
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6. Among G1722 whom G3739 are G2075 ye G5210 also G2532 the called G2822 of Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 :
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7. This letter is to all of you in Rome. God loves you, and he has chosen you to be his holy people. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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7. To all G3956 that be G5607 in G1722 Rome G4516 , beloved G27 of God G2316 , called G2822 to be saints G40 : Grace G5485 to you G5213 and G2532 peace G1515 from G575 God G2316 our G2257 Father G3962 , and G2532 the Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 .
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8. First I want to say that I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you. I thank him because people everywhere in the world are talking about your great faith.
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8. First G4412 , I G3303 thank G2168 my G3450 God G2316 through G1223 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 for G5228 you G5216 all G3956 , that G3754 your G5216 faith G4102 is spoken of G2605 G1722 throughout the G3588 whole G3650 world G2889 .
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9. Every time I pray, I always remember you. God knows this is true. He is the one I serve with all my heart by telling people the Good News about his Son. I pray that I will be allowed to come to you. It will happen if God wants it.
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9. For G1063 God G2316 is G2076 my G3450 witness G3144 , whom G3739 I serve G3000 with G1722 my G3450 spirit G4151 in G1722 the G3588 gospel G2098 of his G848 Son G5207 , that G5613 without ceasing G89 I make G4160 mention G3417 of you G5216 always G3842 in G1909 my G3450 prayers G4335 ;
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10. Making request G1189 , if by any means G1513 now G2235 at length G4218 I might have a prosperous journey G2137 by G1722 the G3588 will G2307 of God G2316 to come G2064 unto G4314 you G5209 .
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11. I want very much to see you and give you some spiritual gift to make your faith stronger.
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11. For G1063 I long G1971 to see G1492 you G5209 , that G2443 I may impart G3330 unto you G5213 some G5100 spiritual G4152 gift G5486 , to the end ye G5209 may be established G4741 ;
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12. I mean that I want us to help each other with the faith that we have. Your faith will help me, and my faith will help you.
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12. G1161 That G5124 is G2076 , that I may be comforted together G4837 with G1722 you G5213 by G1223 the G3588 mutual G1722 G240 faith G4102 both G5037 of you G5216 and G2532 me G1700 .
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13. Brothers and sisters, I want you to know that I have planned many times to come to you, but something always happens to change my plans. I would like to see the same good result among you that I have had from my work among the other non-Jewish people.
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13. Now G1161 I would G2309 not G3756 have you ignorant G50 G5209 , brethren G80 , that G3754 oftentimes G4178 I purposed G4388 to come G2064 unto G4314 you G5209 , ( but G2532 was let G2967 hitherto G891 G1204 ,) that G2443 I might have G2192 some G5100 fruit G2590 among G1722 you G5213 also G2532 , even G2532 as G2531 among G1722 other G3062 Gentiles G1484 .
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14. I must serve all people�those who share in Greek culture and those who are less civilized, the educated as well as the ignorant.
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14. I am G1510 debtor G3781 both G5037 to the Greeks G1672 , and G2532 to the Barbarians G915 ; both G5037 to the wise G4680 , and G2532 to the unwise G453 .
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15. That is why I want so much to tell the Good News to you there in Rome.
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15. So G3779 , as much as in me is G2596 G1691 , I am ready G4289 to preach the gospel G2097 to you G5213 that G3588 are at G1722 Rome G4516 also G2532 .
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16. I am proud of the Good News, because it is the power God uses to save everyone who believes�to save the Jews first, and now to save those who are not Jews.
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16. For G1063 I am not G3756 ashamed G1870 of the G3588 gospel G2098 of Christ G5547 : for G1063 it is G2076 the power G1411 of God G2316 unto G1519 salvation G4991 to every one G3956 that believeth G4100 ; to the Jew G2453 first G4412 , and G2532 also G5037 to the Greek G1672 .
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17. The Good News shows how God makes people right with himself. God's way of making people right begins and ends with faith. As the Scriptures say, "The one who is right with God by faith will live forever."
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17. For G1063 therein G1722 G846 is the righteousness G1343 of God G2316 revealed G601 from G1537 faith G4102 to G1519 faith G4102 : as G2531 it is written G1125 G1161 . The G3588 just G1342 shall live G2198 by G1537 faith G4102 .
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18. God shows his anger from heaven against all the evil and wrong things that people do. Their evil lives hide the truth they have.
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18. For G1063 the wrath G3709 of God G2316 is revealed G601 from G575 heaven G3772 against G1909 all G3956 ungodliness G763 and G2532 unrighteousness G93 of men G444 , who hold G2722 the G3588 truth G225 in G1722 unrighteousness G93 ;
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19. This makes God angry because they have been shown what he is like. Yes, God has made it clear to them.
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19. Because G1360 that which may be known G1110 of God G2316 is G2076 manifest G5318 in G1722 them G846 ; for G1063 God G2316 hath showed G5319 it unto them G846 .
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20. There are things about God that people cannot see�his eternal power and all that makes him God. But since the beginning of the world, those things have been easy for people to understand. They are made clear in what God has made. So people have no excuse for the evil they do.
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20. For G1063 the G3588 invisible things G517 of him G846 from G575 the creation G2937 of the world G2889 are clearly seen G2529 , being understood G3539 by the G3588 things that are G4161 made, even G5037 G3739 his G848 eternal G126 power G1411 and G2532 Godhead G2305 ; so that they G846 are G1511 without excuse G379 :
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21. People knew God, but they did not honor him as God, and they did not thank him. Their ideas were all useless. There was not one good thought left in their foolish minds.
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21. Because that G1360 , when they knew G1097 God G2316 , they glorified G1392 him not G3756 as G5613 God G2316 , neither G2228 were thankful G2168 ; but G235 became vain G3154 in G1722 their G848 imaginations G1261 , and G2532 their G848 foolish G801 heart G2588 was darkened G4654 .
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22. They said they were wise, but they became fools.
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22. Professing G5335 themselves to be G1511 wise G4680 , they became fools G3471 ,
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23. Instead of honoring the divine greatness of God, who lives forever, they traded it for the worship of idols�things made to look like humans, who get sick and die, or like birds, animals, and snakes.
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23. And G2532 changed G236 the G3588 glory G1391 of the G3588 incorruptible G862 God G2316 into G1722 an image G1504 made like to G3667 corruptible G5349 man G444 , and G2532 to birds G4071 , and G2532 fourfooted beasts G5074 , and G2532 creeping things G2062 .
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24. People wanted only to do evil. So God left them and let them go their sinful way. And so they became completely immoral and used their bodies in shameful ways with each other.
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24. Wherefore G1352 God G2316 also G2532 gave them up G3860 G846 to G1519 uncleanness G167 through G1722 the G3588 lusts G1939 of their own G848 hearts G2588 , to dishonor G818 their own G848 bodies G4983 between G1722 themselves G1438 :
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25. They traded the truth of God for a lie. They bowed down and worshiped the things God made instead of worshiping the God who made those things. He is the one who should be praised forever. Amen.
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25. Who G3748 changed G3337 the G3588 truth G225 of God G2316 into G1722 a lie G5579 , and G2532 worshiped G4573 and G2532 served G3000 the G3588 creature G2937 more than G3844 the G3588 Creator G2936 , who G3739 is G2076 blessed G2128 forever G1519 G165 . Amen G281 .
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26. Because people did those things, God left them and let them do the shameful things they wanted to do. Women stopped having natural sex with men and started having sex with other women.
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26. For this cause G1223 G5124 God G2316 gave them up G3860 G846 unto G1519 vile G819 affections G3806 : for G1063 even G5037 G3739 their G848 women G2338 did change G3337 the G3588 natural G5446 use G5540 into G1519 that G3588 which is against G3844 nature G5449 :
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27. In the same way, men stopped having natural sex with women and began wanting each other all the time. Men did shameful things with other men, and in their bodies they received the punishment for those wrongs.
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27. And G5037 likewise G3668 also G2532 the G3588 men G730 , leaving G863 the G3588 natural G5446 use G5540 of the G3588 woman G2338 , burned G1572 in G1722 their G848 lust G3715 one toward another G240 G1519 ; men G730 with G1722 men G730 working G2716 that which is unseemly G808 , and G2532 receiving G618 in G1722 themselves G1438 that recompense G489 of their G848 error G4106 which G3739 was meet G1163 .
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28. People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed them to have their own worthless thinking. And so they do what they should not do.
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28. And G2532 even as G2531 they did not G3756 like G1381 to retain G2192 God G2316 in G1722 their knowledge G1922 , God G2316 gave them over G3860 G846 to G1519 a reprobate G96 mind G3563 , to do G4160 those things which are not convenient G2520 G3361 ;
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29. They are filled with every kind of sin, evil, greed, and hatred. They are full of jealousy, murder, fighting, lying, and thinking the worst things about each other. They gossip
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29. Being filled G4137 with all G3956 unrighteousness G93 , fornication G4202 , wickedness G4189 , covetousness G4124 , maliciousness G2549 ; full G3324 of envy G5355 , murder G5408 , debate G2054 , deceit G1388 , malignity G2550 ; whisperers G5588 ,
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30. and say evil things about each other. They hate God. They are rude, proud, and brag about themselves. They invent ways of doing evil. They don't obey their parents,
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30. Backbiters G2637 , haters of God G2319 , despiteful G5197 , proud G5244 , boasters G213 , inventors G2182 of evil things G2556 , disobedient G545 to parents G1118 ,
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31. they are foolish, they don't keep their promises, and they show no kindness or mercy to others.
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31. Without understanding G801 , covenant breakers G802 , without natural affection G794 , implacable G786 , unmerciful G415 :
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32. They know God's law says that anyone who lives like that should die. But they not only continue to do these things themselves, but they also encourage others who do them.
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32. Who G3748 knowing G1921 the G3588 judgment G1345 of God G2316 , that G3754 they which commit G4238 such things G5108 are G1526 worthy G514 of death G2288 , not G3756 only G3440 do G4160 the same G846 , but G235 G2532 have pleasure G4909 in them that do G4238 them.
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