1 ^1:18FOR the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all impiety and wickedness of men who hold the truth in wickedness, ^1:19because what can be known of God is manifest among them; for God has manifested [himself] to them. ^1:20For his invisible [attributes] are clearly seen from the creation of the world, being perceived by the things which are made, even his eternal power and deity, so that they have no defense, ^1:21because having known God they glorified him not as God neither were thankful, but became vain in their reasonings and their ignorant mind was darkened. ^1:22Saying that they were wise they became foolish, ^1:23and changed the glory of the imperishable God into the likeness of the image of perishable man, and of birds, and quadrupeds, and reptiles.

2 ^1:24Wherefore God also gave them up with the desires of their hearts to impurity, to disgrace their bodies among themselves, ^1:25who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creation more than the Creator, who is blessed forever, amen.

3 ^1:26Therefore God gave them up to infamous affections; for their females changed a natural enjoyment for that which is against nature, ^1:27and in like manner also the males, leaving the natural enjoyment of the female, became the subjects of inordinate desires for each other, males with males committing indecency, and receiving in return the recompense of their error which was fit.

4 ^1:28And as they did not choose to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do things which are not proper, ^1:29being filled with all wickedness, malice, covetousness, vice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions, whisperers, ^1:30evil speakers, haters of God, injurious, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, ^1:31unintelligent, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful, ^1:32who knowing the ordinance of God, that those who do such things deserve death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in those who do them.

5 ^2:1Wherefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are that judge, for in that in which you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge do the same things. ^2:2But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who do such things. ^2:3But do you think this, O man, who judge those doing such things and do the same, that you shall escape the judgment of God? ^2:4or do you despise the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to a change of mind? ^2:5But according to your hardness and unchanged heart you treasure up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and of a revelation of the righteous judgment of God, ^2:6who will render to each according to his works; ^2:7to those who by patience in good works seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life; ^2:8but to those who are contentions and disobey the truth, and obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath. ^2:9Affliction and distress [shall be] on every soul of man that does evil, both the Jew first and the Greek; ^2:10and glory and honor and peace to every one that does good, both the Jew first and the Greek.

6 ^2:11For there is no respect of persons with God. ^2:12For as many as have sinned without the law shall perish without the law, and as many as have sinned with the law shall be judged by the law,— ^2:13for not the hearers of the law are righteous with God, but the doers of the law shall be justified; ^2:14for when the nations which have not the law perform by nature [the commandments] of the law, these who have not the law are a law to themselves, ^2:15and they show the work of the law written in their minds, their consciences testifying with them, and their judgments mutually accusing or defending one another;— ^2:16in the day when God shall judge the secret [doings] of men according to my gospel through Jesus Christ.

7 ^2:17But [what] if you are called a Jew and rest on the law, and boast of God, ^2:18and know his will, and approve of things which are excellent, being instructed by the law, ^2:19and believe yourself to be a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness, ^2:20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law; ^2:21you that teach another, do you not teach yourself? You that preach not to steal, do you steal? ^2:22You that command not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You that abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege? ^2:23You who boast of the law, by the transgression of the law do you dishonor God? ^2:24For the name of God is blasphemed on your account among the nations as it is written.

8 ^2:25For circumcision indeed is profitable if you perform the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. ^2:26If therefore the uncircumcision keeps the ordinances of the law, shall not its uncircumcision be accounted for circumcision? ^2:27And the uncircumcision by nature which keeps the law shall judge you who with the written law and circumcision are a transgressor of the law. ^2:28For not that which is external is the Jew, nor is that which is external in the flesh circumcision. ^2:29But that which is in secret is the Jew, and circumcision of the heart is in the spirit not in the writing, the commendation of which is not of men but of God.

9 ^3:1What then is the preeminence of the Jew? or what the profit of circumcision? ^3:2Much in every way. For first, indeed, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God. ^3:3For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief destroy the faith of God? ^3:4By no means; but let God be true, and every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mayest be justified in thy sayings and overcome when thou art judged.

10 ^3:5But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak as a man;— ^3:6by no means;—since [if he was] how shall God judge the world? ^3:7For if the truth of God abounded by my falsehood to his glory, why am I also yet judged as a sinner? ^3:8And as we are falsely accused and as some declare that we say, [do we say] Let us do evil that good may come? Whose judgment is just.

11 ^3:9What defense then have we? None at all; for we before asserted that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin, ^3:10as it is written, There is none righteous not one, ^3:11there is none that understands, there is none that seeks God; ^3:12all have turned aside, they have together become unprofitable; there is no one that does good, there is not even one; ^3:13their throat is an opened tomb, with their tongues they practise deceit, the poison of asps is under their lips. ^3:14Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. ^3:15Their feet are swift to shed blood, ^3:16destruction and misery are in their ways, ^3:17and the way of peace they have not known. ^3:18There is no fear of God before their eyes. ^3:19But we know that whatever the law says, it says to those having the law, that every mouth may be stopped and all the world become guilty before God. ^3:20Wherefore by the works of the law there shall no flesh be justified is his sight, for by the law there is an acknowledgment of sin.