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Rimanom 1

1 Pavol, služobník Krista Ježiša, povolaný za apoštola, vybraný hlásať Božie evanjelium,2 ktoré Boh vopred prisľúbil vo Svätých písmach a skrze svojich prorokov3 o svojom Synovi, ktorý podľa tela pochádza z Dávidovho rodu4 a podľa Ducha svätosti od vzkriesenia z mŕtvych je ustanovený v moci ako Boží Syn, o Ježišovi Kristovi, našom Pánovi.5 Skrze neho sme dostali milosť a apoštolský úrad, aby na slávu jeho mena poslušne uverili všetky národy;6 k nim patríte aj vy, povolaní Ježišom Kristom.7 Všetkým, čo sú v Ríme, Bohom milovaným, povolaným svätým: Milosť vám a pokoj od Boha, nášho Otca, i od Pána Ježiša Krista.8 Predovšetkým vzdávam vďaky svojmu Bohu skrze Ježiša Krista za vás všetkých, pretože sa vaša viera zvestuje po celom svete.9 Veď Boh, ktorému z tej duše slúžim v evanjeliu jeho Syna, je mi svedkom, ako si na vás ustavične spomínam10 vo všetkých svojich modlitbách a prosím, či by sa mi raz predsa len nepodarilo prísť k vám, ak to bude Božia vôľa.11 Lebo túžim vidieť vás a dať vám nejaký duchovný dar na vašu posilu,12 to jest, aby sme sa navzájom potešili spoločnou vierou, vašou i mojou.13 Nechcem, bratia, aby ste nevedeli, že som už veľa ráz pomýšľal ísť k vám, aby som aj u vás mal nejaké ovocie, tak ako u ostatných národov, - ale až doteraz sa mi v tom prekážalo.14 Som dlžníkom Grékov i barbarov, múdrych i nemúdrych.15 A tak pokiaľ ide o mňa, som pripravený hlásať evanjelium aj vám, čo ste v Ríme.16 Lebo ja sa za evanjelium nehanbím; veď ono je Božou mocou na spásu každému, kto verí, najprv Židovi, potom Grékovi.17 V ňom sa totiž zjavuje Božia spravodlivosť z viery pre vieru, ako je napísané: „Spravodlivý bude žiť z viery.“18 Boží hnev z neba sa zjavuje proti každej bezbožnosti a neprávosti ľudí, ktorí neprávosťou prekážajú pravde.19 Je im predsa zjavné, čo možno o Bohu vedieť; Boh im to zjavil.20 Veď to, čo je v ňom neviditeľné - jeho večnú moc a božstvo -, možno od stvorenia sveta rozumom poznávať zo stvorených vecí; takže nemajú výhovorky.21 Hoci Boha poznali, neoslavovali ho ako Boha, ani mu nevzdávali vďaky; ale stratili sa vo svojich myšlienkach a ich nerozumné srdce sa zatemnilo.22 Hovorili, že sú múdri, a stali sa hlupákmi.23 Slávu nesmrteľného Boha zamenili za podoby zobrazujúce smrteľného človeka, vtáky, štvornožce a plazy.24 Preto ich Boh vydal nečistote podľa žiadostí ich srdca; a tak hanobili svoje vlastné telá25 tí, čo Božiu pravdu zamenili za lož, uctievali stvorenia a slúžili radšej im ako Stvoriteľovi, ktorý je zvelebený naveky. Amen.26 Preto ich Boh vydal nehanebným náruživostiam. Ich ženy zamenili prirodzený styk za protiprirodzený.27 A podobne aj muži zanechali prirodzený styk so ženou a zahoreli žiadostivosťou jeden k druhému: muži s mužmi páchali nehanebnosť. Tak si sami na sebe odniesli zaslúženú odplatu za svoje poblúdenie.28 A pretože si nevedeli vážiť poznanie Boha, Boh ich vydal napospas ich zvrátenému zmýšľaniu, aby robili, čo sa nepatrí,29 plných neprávosti, zloby, lakomstva, ničomnosti, plných závisti, vrážd, svárov, ľsti, zlomyseľnosti; sú klebetní,30 utŕhačskí, nenávidia Boha, urážajú iných, sú pyšní, povyšujú sa, vymýšľajú zlo, neposlúchajú rodičov,31 sú nerozumní, vierolomní, bezcitní a nemilosrdní.32 Hoci dobre vedia o Božom ustanovení, že tí, čo robia také veci, zasluhujú si smrť, nielenže to sami robia, ale aj schvaľujú, keď to robia iní.

ROMANS 1

1 From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus.
God chose me to be an apostle, and he appointed me to preach the good news 2 that he promised long ago by what his prophets said in the holy Scriptures.

3-4 This good news is about his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ! As a human, he was from the family of David. But the Holy Spiritt proved that Jesus is the powerful Son of God, t because he was raised from death.
5 Jesus was kind to me and chose me to be an apostle, t so that people of all nations would obey and have faith.

6 You are some of those people chosen by Jesus Christ.

7 This letter is to all of you in Rome. God loves you and has chosen you to be his very own people.
I pray that God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you and will bless you with peace!

A Prayer of Thanks


8 First, I thank God in the name of Jesus Christ for all of you. I do this because people everywhere in the world are talking about your faith.

9 God has seen how I never stop praying for you, while I serve him with all my heart and tell the good news about his Son.
10 In all my prayers, I ask God to make it possible for me to visit you. 11 I want to see you and share with you the same blessings that God's Spirit has given me. Then you will grow stronger in your faith.

12 What I am saying is that we can encourage each other by the faith that is ours.
13  t My friends, I want you to know that I have often planned to come for a visit. But something has always kept me from doing it. I want to win followers to Christ in Rome, as I have done in many other places.

14-15 It doesn't matter if people are civilized and educated, or if they are uncivilized and uneducated. I must tell the good news to everyone. That's why I am eager to visit all of you in Rome.

The Power //of the Good News


16  t I am proud of the good news! It is God's powerful way of saving all people who have faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles.

17 t The good news tells how God accepts everyone who has faith, but only those who have faith.t It is just as the Scriptures say, “The people God accepts because of their faith will live.”t

Everyone Is Guilty


18 From heaven God shows how angry he is with all the wicked and evil things that sinful people do to crush the truth. 19 They know everything that can be known about God, because God has shown it all to them. 20 t God's eternal power and character cannot be seen. But from the beginning of creation, God has shown what these are like by all he has made. That's why those people don't have any excuse. 21 t They know about God, but they don't honor him or even thank him. Their thoughts are useless, and their stupid minds are in the dark. 22 They claim to be wise, but they are fools.

23 t They don't worship the glorious and eternal God. Instead, they worship idols that are made to look like humans who cannot live forever, and like birds, animals, and reptiles.
24 So God let these people go their own way. They did what they wanted to do, and their filthy thoughts made them do shameful things with their bodies.

25 They gave up the truth about God for a lie, and they worshiped God's creation instead of God, who will be praised forever. Amen.
26 God let them follow their own evil desires. Women no longer wanted to have sex in a natural way, and they did things with each other that were not natural.

27 Men behaved in the same way. They stopped wanting to have sex with women and had strong desires for sex with other men. They did shameful things with each other, and what has happened to them is punishment for their foolish deeds.
28  t Since these people refused even to think about God, he let their useless minds rule over them. That's why they do all sorts of indecent things. 29 They are evil, wicked, and greedy, as well as mean in every possible way. They want what others have, and they murder, argue, cheat, and are hard to get along with. They gossip,

30 say cruel things about others, and hate God. They are proud, conceited, and boastful, always thinking up new ways to do evil.
These people don't respect their parents. 31 They are stupid, unreliable, and don't have any love or pity for others. 32 They know God has said that anyone who acts this way deserves to die. But they keep on doing evil things, and they even encourage others to do them.