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Romans 1 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:1 - Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, an Apostle by the selection of God, given authority as a preacher of the good news,
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:2 - Of which God had given word before by his prophets in the holy Writings,
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:3 - About his Son who, in the flesh, came from the family of David,
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:4 - But was marked out as Son of God in power by the Holy Spirit through the coming to life again of the dead; Jesus Christ our Lord,
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:5 - Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name:
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:6 - Among whom you in the same way have been marked out to be disciples of Jesus Christ:
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:7 - To all those who are in Rome, loved by God, marked out as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:8 - First of all, I give praise to my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because news of your faith has gone into all the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:9 - For God is my witness, whose servant I am in spirit in the good news of his Son, that you are at all times in my memory and in my prayers,
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:10 - And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:11 - For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:12 - That is to say, that all of us may be comforted together by the faith which is in you and in me.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:13 - You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:14 - I have a debt to Greeks and to the nations outside; to the wise and to those who have no learning.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:15 - For which reason I have the desire, as far as I am able, to give the knowledge of the good news to you who are in Rome.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:16 - For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:17 - For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.

Unbelief and Its Consequences

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:18 - For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:19 - Because the knowledge of God may be seen in them, God having made it clear to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:20 - For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing:
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:21 - Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:22 - Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:23 - And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:24 - For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another:
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:25 - Because by them the true word of God was changed into that which is false, and they gave worship and honour to the thing which is made, and not to him who made it, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:26 - For this reason God gave them up to evil passions, and their women were changing the natural use into one which is unnatural:
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:27 - And in the same way the men gave up the natural use of the woman and were burning in their desire for one another, men doing shame with men, and getting in their bodies the right reward of their evil-doing.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:28 - And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:29 - Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:30 - Hated by God, full of pride, without respect, full of loud talk, given to evil inventions, not honouring father or mother,
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:31 - Without knowledge, not true to their undertakings, unkind, having no mercy:
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:32 - Who, though they have knowledge of the law of God, that the fate of those who do these things is death, not only go on doing these things themselves, but give approval to those who do them.
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