001:013 And I desire you to know, brethren, that I have many a time intended
to come to you--though until now I have been disappointed--
in order that among you also I might gather some fruit
from my labours, as I have already done among the rest
of the Gentile nations.
001:014 I am already under obligations alike to Greek-speaking races
and to others, to cultured and to uncultured people:
001:015 so that for my part I am willing and eager to proclaim
the Good News to you also who are in Rome.
001:016 For I am not ashamed of the Good News. It is God's power
which is at work for the salvation of every one who believes--
the Jew first, and then the Gentile.
001:017 For in the Good News a righteousness which comes from God is
being revealed, depending on faith and tending to produce faith;
as the Scripture has it, "The righteous man shall live by faith."
001:018 For God's anger is being revealed from Heaven against all
impiety and against the iniquity of men who through iniquity
suppress the truth. God is angry:
001:019 because what may be known about Him is plain to their
inmost consciousness; for He Himself has made it plain to them.
001:020 For, from the very creation of the world, His invisible perfections--
namely His eternal power and divine nature--have been
rendered intelligible and clearly visible by His works,
so that these men are without excuse.
001:021 For when they had come to know God, they did not give Him
glory as God nor render Him thanks, but they became absorbed
in useless discussions, and their senseless minds were darkened.
001:022 While boasting of their wisdom they became utter fools,
001:023 and, instead of worshipping the imperishable God, they worshipped
images resembling perishable man or resembling birds or