1:8 first, indeed, I thank my God through JesusChrist for you all, that your faith is proclaimed in the whole world;
1:9 for God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the good news of His Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you,
1:10 always in my prayers beseeching, if by any means now at length I shall have a prosperous journey, by the will of God, to come unto you,
1:11 for I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritualgift, that ye may be established;
1:12 and that is, that I may be comforted together among you, through the faith in one another, both yours and mine.
1:13 And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that many times I did purpose to come unto you -- and was hindered till the present time -- that some fruit I might have also among you, even as also among the other nations.
1:14 Both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to wise and to thoughtless, I am a debtor,
1:15 so, as much as in me is, I am ready also to you who [are] in Rome to proclaim good news,
1:16 for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.
1:21 because, having known God they did not glorify [Him] as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened,
1:23 and changed the glory of the incorruptibleGod into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of fowls, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.
1:24 Wherefore also God did give them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies among themselves;
1:25 who did change the truth of God into a falsehood, and did honour and serve the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed to the ages. Amen.
1:26 Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature;
1:27 and in like manner also the males having left the natural use of the female, did burn in their longing toward one another; males with males working shame, and the recompense of their error that was fit, in themselves receiving.
1:28 And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;
1:31 unintelligent, faithless, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful;
1:32 who the righteousjudgment of God having known -- that those practising such things are worthy of death -- not only do them, but also have delight with those practising them.