Romerne 1

1 Paulus, Jesu Christi Tjener, kaldet til Apostel, beskikket til at forkynde Guds Evangelium,2 hvilket han forud havde lovet ved sine Propheter i de hellige Skrifter,3 om sin Søn, født af Davids Sæd efter Kjødet,4 krafteligen beviist at være Guds Søn efter Hellighedens Aand ved Opstandelsen fra de Døde: om Jesus Christus, vor Herre,5 ved hvem vi have faaet Naade og Apostelembedet til at oprette Troens Lydighed iblandt alle Hedninger formedelst hans Navn,6 blandt hvilke ogsaa I ere Jesu Christi Kaldte:7 Eder alle, som ere i Rom, Guds Elskelige, kaldte Hellige, være Naade og Fred, fra Gud vor Fader og den Herre Jesus Christus!8 Først takker jeg min Gud ved Jesus Christus for Eder alle, at Eders Tro omtales i den ganske Verden.9 Thi Gud er mit Vidne, hvem jeg i min Aand tjener udi hans Søns Evangeluim, hvorledes jeg uden Afladelse tænker paa Eder,10 altid begjerende i mine Bønner, at jeg dog engang maatte faae Held til efter Guds Villie, at komme til Eder.11 Thi mig forlænges efter at see Eder, at jeg kunde meddele Eder nogen aandelig Naadegave, saa I maatte styrkes,12 det er, at vi hos Eder maatte opmuntres tilsammen ved fælles Tro, baade Eders og min.13 Jeg vil ikke, Brødre! at I skulle være uvidende om, at jeg har ofte sat mig for at komme til Eder, (men jeg har hidindtil været forhindret), paa det jeg maatte have nogen Frugt ogsaa iblandt Eder, ligesom og iblandt de andre Hedninger.14 Baade Græker og Barbarer, baade Vise og Uvise er jeg en Skyldner.15 Saaledes er jeg og, hvad mig angaaer, redebon at prædike Evangelum ogsaa for Eder, som ere i Rom.16 Jeg skammer mig ikke ved Christi Evangelium; thi det er en Guds Kraft til Saliggjørelse for hver den, som troer, baade for Jøde først og for Græker.17 Thi derudi aabenbares Guds retfærdighed ved Troen for Troen, som skrevet staaer: den Retfærdige ved Troen skal leve.18 Men Guds Vrede aabenbares af Himmelen over al de Menneskers Ugudelighed og Uretfærdighed, som forholde Sandheden ved Uretfærdighed.19 Thi det, som man kan vide om Gud, er dem aabenbart; thi Gud har aabenbaret dem det.20 Thi hans usynlige Væsen, hans evige Kraft og Guddommelighed beskues fra Verdens Skabelse af og forstaaes af hans Gjerninger, saa at de have ingen Undskyldning.21 Thi enddog de kjendte Gud, saa ærede eller takkede de ham dog ikke som Gud, men bleve forfængelige i deres Tanker, og deres uforstandige Hjerte blev formørket.22 Der de sagde sig at være vise bleve de Daarer,23 og forvendte den uforkrænkelige Guds Herlighed til Lighed med et forkrænkeligt Menneskes og Fugles og fiirføddede Dyrs og Ormes Billede.24 Derfor har og Gud givet dem hen i deres Hjertes Begjerninger til Ureenhed, saa at de indbyrdes vanærede deres Legemer.25 De forvendte Guds Sandhed til Løgn og dyrkede og tjente Skabningen over Skaberen, som er velsignet i Evighed! Amen.26 Desaarsag har Gud givet dem hen i skjændige Lyster; thi baade deres Kvinder forvendte den naturlige Brug til den unaturlige,27 og desligeste ogsaa Mændene: de forlode Kvindens naturlige Brug og optændtes i deres Lyster til hverandre, saa at Mænd med Mænd øvede Uteerlighed og fik deres Vildfarelses Løn, som det burde sig, paa dem selv.28 Og ligesom de ikke holdt for godt at have Guds Kundksab, saa gav Gud dem hen i et Sind, som duer intet, at gjøre det Usømmelige,29 opfyldte med al Uretfærdighed, Horeri, Skalkhed, Gjerrighed, Ondskab; fulde af Avind, Blodtørst, Trætte, Svig, Vanart;30 Øretudere, Bagvaskere, Guds-Hadere, Forhaanere, hovmodige, opbløste, Uddøds-Opfindere, Forældreulydige,31 uforstandige, troløse, ukjærlige, uforligelige, ubarmhjertige;32 hvilke, enddog de kjende Guds retfærdige Dom, at de, som gjøre saadanne Ting, ere skyldige at døe, dog ikke alene gjøre det, men bifalde ogsaa dem, som det gjøre.

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