罗马书 1

神的福音

1 我t保罗做基督耶稣的奴仆、蒙召的使徒，是为了神的福音被分别出来的。2 这福音是神先前藉着他的先知们，在圣经上所应许的，3 是关于他的儿子——我们的主耶稣基督的。照着肉身说，他出自大卫的后裔；4 照着圣洁的灵t说，藉着从死人中复活，他被显明是神大能的儿子。5 我们从他领受了恩典和使徒的职份，为了他名的缘故，要在万民中带来信仰上的顺从；6 其中也有你们这些蒙召唤、属耶稣基督的人。

7 致所有在罗马、蒙神所爱、蒙召成为圣徒的人：
愿恩典与平安从神我们的父和主耶稣基督临到你们！

保罗渴望到罗马去

8 首先，我藉着耶稣基督，为你们各位感谢我的神，因为你们的忠信被传遍全世界。9 事实上，神——就是我在他儿子的福音工作上用心灵所事奉的那一位，可以为我见证：我怎样不住地提到你们，10 在我的祷告中总是祈求，或许可以照着神的旨意，终有一天能顺利地到你们那里去；11 因为我切切地想见到你们，好把一些属灵的恩赐分给你们，使你们得以坚固。12 这就是说，在你们那里，藉着你们和我里面彼此的信仰，大家可以同得鼓励。

13 弟兄们，我不愿意你们不明白：我多次计划到你们那里去，为要在你们那里也得一些果实，就像我在其他外邦人中那样，可是直到如今还受到拦阻。14 无论是希腊人或是外族人t，有智慧的或是无知的，我都对他们有责任t。15 因此，我愿意尽我所能，把福音也传给你们在罗马的人。

义人将因信而活

16 的确，我不以t福音为耻，因为这福音是神的大能，把救恩带给一切相信的人，先是犹太人、后是外邦人t。17 原来，神的义就在这福音上显明出来——本于信，以至于信，正如经上所记：“义人将因信而活。”t

世人的罪

18 要知道，人用不公义抵挡真理，神的震怒就从天上显明在人的一切不敬虔和不公义上。19 实际上，有关神的事，人所能知道的，在他们里面是清清楚楚的，因为神已经向他们显明了。20 原来，自从创世以来，神那不可见的本性，就是他永恒的大能和神性，都藉着所造之物，被人明白、被人看见，以致使人无法推诿。21 所以人是已经知道神的，但是却不把他当做神来荣耀他，也不感谢他；相反，他们在思想上变得虚妄，他们无知的心就昏暗了。22 他们自称是有智慧的，却成了愚拙，23 甚至用偶像，就是会朽坏的人、飞禽、走兽、爬行动物的形像，来取代那不朽之神的荣耀。

24 因此，神任凭他们顺着心中的情欲去做污秽的事，以致彼此玷污自己的身体。25 他们用虚假取代神的真理，去崇拜、事奉被造之物，而不事奉造物之主——主是当受颂赞的，直到永远！阿们。

人类的堕落

26 为此，神任凭他们陷入可耻的情欲，连他们的女人也把天性的功用变为违反天性的；27 同样，男人也放弃了女人天性的功用，彼此之间欲火中烧，男人与男人做出羞耻的事，就在自己身上t受到他们的妄为t所应得的报应。

28 既然人不愿意真正认识神，神就任凭他们存败坏的理性，去做那些不该做的事。29 他们充满了各种不义、t邪恶、贪心、恶毒；满心是嫉妒、凶杀、纷争、欺诈、狠毒；他们搬弄是非、30 诽谤人、憎恨神、侮慢人、骄傲、自夸、制造恶行、悖逆父母、31 愚昧无知、不守信用、没有亲情、t毫无怜悯。32 人虽然知道神的公义规定是：行这样事的人是该死的；然而他们不仅自己去做，还赞同做这些事的人。

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