\subsection{Romans 1} \VS{1} I, Paul, [a] slave of Christ Jesus, [a] called apostle having been set apart to the good-news of God, \VS{2} which he promised before through his prophets in [the] holy scriptures, \VS{3} concerning his son having come to be from [the] seed of David according to [the] flesh, \VS{4} the [one] having been designated\footnote{or ``appointed'', ``determined''} son of God with power according to [the] spirit of holiness from the resurrection of [the] dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, \VS{5} through whom we receive grace and apostleship to [the] obedience of faith in all the nations in behalf of [his] name, \VS{6} in whom you also are called-[ones] of Jesus Christ, \VS{7} to all those being in Rome agape-beloved of God, to the holy, called [ones], grace to you and peace from God our father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ. \VS{8} First indeed I thank my God through Jesus Christ concerning all [of you], because your faith is proclaimed in the whole world. \VS{9} For God is my witness, to whom I minister in my spirit in the good-news of his son, as unceasingly I do remembrance [of you] \VS{10} always in my prayers, asking whether at last I will succeed in my wish of God to come to you. \VS{11} For I strain to see you, in order that I impart\footnote{or ``share''} some spiritual gift\footnote{from GRACE} to you to your being established\footnote{or ``strengthened''}. \VS{12} And this is to receive encouragement together among you through your and my faith in one another. \VS{13} So I do not want you to be being ignorant, brothers, that I often purposed to come to you, and I was hindered until now, in order that I have some gift also among you, just as also among the rest of the nations. \VS{14} To both Greek and foreigner, to both wise and unintelligent am I [a] debtor; \VS{15} thus is the desire in me for you also in Rome to be good-newsed. \VS{16} For I am not ashamed of the good-news; for it is the power of God to salvation to all believing, to [the] Jew first and also to [the] Greek. \VS{17} For [the] justice of God is revealed by him from faith to faith, just as it is written\footnote{Hab.2:3,4}: For the just will zoe-live\fnZoe{} by faith. \VS{18} For the anger of God is revealed from heaven upon all irreverence and injustice of those men suppressing\footnote{or ``restraining''} the truth in\footnote{or ``by''} injustice; for God has manifested [them] to\footnote{or ``in''} them. \VS{20} For the [things] unseen [about] him, which are known from the creation of [the] world, are perceived in the [things] made, both his eternal power and [his] God-hood, so that they are without defense, \VS{21} because knowing God they did not glorify or thank [him] as God, but were given over to futility in their reasonings, and their non-understanding heart was darkened. \VS{22} Asserting to be wise they were made foolish\footnote{or ``shown foolish''}, \VS{23} and they changed the glory of incorruptible God into the likeness of [the] image of corruptible man and birds and four-footed [things] and reptiles. \VS{24} Therefore God delivered them up in the lusts of their hearts to the uncleanness of dishonoring their bodies among themselves. \VS{25} They themselves exchanged the truth of God for the false, and worshipped and ministered to the creation instead of the creator, who is blessed to the ages, Amen. \VS{26} Because of this God delivered them up to passion of dishonor, for their females exchanged the natural use for that contrary to nature. \VS{27} Likewise also the males having left the natural use of the females exchanged [it] in their longings for one another --- men among men doing the shameless [thing] and receiving the penalty which they must of their deceit in themselves. \VS{28} And just as they did not approve to be having God in [their] knowledge, God delivered them up to [an] unsound mind, to be doing the [things] not being fit, \VS{29} filled with every unjust pernicious greedy evil, full of jealousy, murder, strife, treachery, malice, gossip, \VS{30} slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, braggarts, contrivers of evil, disobedient to parents, \VS{31} not understanding, not bound by agreements, not [having] natural affection, not merciful, \VS{32} who knowing the sentence of God, that those practicing such are worthy of death, not only do them, but also approve of those practicing [them].