ROMANOS 1

Introducción (1,1-17)

Saludo

1 Pablo, siervo de Cristo Jesús, elegido por Dios para ser apóstol y destinado a proclamar la buena noticiat,t 2 que Dios mismo había prometido en las Escrituras santas por medio de los profetas. 3 La buena noticia acerca de su Hijo, descendiente, en cuanto hombre, de Davidt 4 y manifestadot, en virtud de su resurrección de entre los muertos, como Hijo poderoso de Dios por la fuerza del Espíritu divino. Me refiero a Jesucristo, Señor nuestro,t 5 de quien he recibido, para gloria de su nombre, el don de ser apóstol, a fin de que todas las naciones respondan a la fe.t 6 Entre ellas se cuentan ustedes, elegidos para pertenecer a Jesucristo.

7 A todos ustedes que residen en Roma y han sido elegidos por Dios con amor para formar parte de su pueblot, les deseo gracia y paz de parte de Dios, nuestro Padre, y de Jesucristo, el Señor.

Pablo y los cristianos de Roma

12 Aunque, en realidad, se trata de animarnles mutuamente con esa fe que ustedes y yo tenemos en común.
13 No quiero que ignoren, hermanos, las muchas veces que he intentado visitarlos, sin éxito hasta el momento. Abrigaba la ilusión de cosechar también entre ustedes algún fruto, lo mismo que en otras regiones paganas, 14 ya que me debo por igual a civilizados y a no civilizadost, a sabios y a ignorantes.

15 Así que, en cuanto de mí depende, estoy enteramente dispuesto a proclamar la buena noticia también entre ustedes, los que residen en Roma.

Tema central de la carta

17 Por ella, en efecto, se nos revela esa fuerza salvadora de Dios mediante una fe en continuo crecimiento. Así lo dice la Escritura: Aquel a quien Dios restablece en su amistad por medio de la fe, alcanzará la vidat.t

I.— SALVADOS POR DIOS MEDIANTE LA FE (1,18—4,25)

Toda la humanidad es culpable

25 Este es el fruto de haber preferido la mentira a la verdad de Diost, de haber adorado y dado culto a la criatura en vez de al Creador, que es digno de ser alabado por siempre. Amén.
26 Así que Dios los ha dejado a merced de pasiones vergonzosas. Sus mujeres invierten el uso natural del sexo y se entregan a prácticas antinaturales. 27 Y lo mismo los hombres: dejan las relaciones naturales con la mujer y se abrasan en deseos de los unos por los otros. Hombres con hombres cometen acciones infamantes, y en su propio cuerpo reciben el castigo que merece su extravío. 28 Y como no tienen interés en conocer a Dios, es Dios mismo quien los deja a merced de una mente pervertida que los empuja a hacer lo que no deben. 29 Rebosan injusticiat, perversidad, codicia, maldad; son envidiosos, asesinos, pendencieros, embaucadores, malintencionados, chismosos,t 30 calumniadores, impíos, ultrajadores, soberbios, fanfarrones, dañinos, rebeldes para con sus padres; 31 no tienen conciencia, ni palabra, ni corazón, ni piedad. 32 Conocent de sobra la sentencia de Dios que declara reos de muerte a quienes hacen tales cosas y, sin embargo, no sólo las hacen, sino que incluso aplauden el que otros las hagan.

Romans 1

Salutation

1 From Paul,t a slavets of Christ Jesus,s called to be an apostle,t set apart for the gospel of God.t2 This gospelt he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,3 concerning his Son who was a descendantt of David with reference to the flesh,t4 who was appointed the Son-of-God-in-powers according to the Holy Spiritt by the resurrectiont from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.5 Through himt we have received grace and our apostleshipt to bring about the obediencet of faitht among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name.6 You also are among them,t called to belong to Jesus Christ.t

7 To all those loved by God in Rome,s called to be saints:t Grace and peace to yout from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Paul’s Desire to Visit Rome

8 First of all,t I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.9 For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospelt of his Son, is my witness thatt I continually remember you10 and I always askt in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God.t11 For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gifts to strengthen you,12 that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another’s faith,t both yours and mine.13 I do not want you to be unaware,s brothers and sisters,t that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.t14 I am a debtort both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

15 Thus I am eagert also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome.s

The Power of the Gospel

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.s

17 For the righteousnesst of God is revealed in the gospelt from faith to faith,t just as it is written, “The righteous by faith will live.”s

The Condemnation of the Unrighteous

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of peoplet who suppress the truth by theirt unrighteousness,t19 because what can be known about God is plain to them,t because God has made it plain to them.20 For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So peoplet are without excuse.21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless heartst were darkened.22 Although they claimedt to be wise, they became fools

23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beingst or birds or four-footed animalss or reptiles.
24 Therefore God gave them overs in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonort their bodies among themselves.t

25 Theyt exchanged the truth of God for a liet and worshiped and served the creationt rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones,t

27 and likewise the men also abandoned natural relations with woment and were inflamed in their passionst for one another. Ment committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God,t God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.t29 They are filledt with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife witht envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents,31 senseless, covenant-breakers,t heartless, ruthless.

32 Although they fully knowt God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die,t they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.s