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Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
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I, Paul, am a devoted slave of Jesus Christ on assignment, authorized as an apostle to proclaim God's words and acts. I write this letter to all the Christians in Rome, God's friends.
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Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God--
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Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God
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This letter is from Paul, Jesus Christ's slave, chosen by God to be an apostle and sent out to preach his Good News.
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Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
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The sacred writings contain preliminary reports by the prophets
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the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures
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which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
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This Good News was promised long ago by God through his prophets in the holy Scriptures.
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Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
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on God's Son. His descent from David roots him in history;
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regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David,
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concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,
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It is the Good News about his Son, Jesus, who came as a man, born into King David's royal family line.
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And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
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his unique identity as Son of God was shown by the Spirit when Jesus was raised from the dead, setting him apart as the Messiah, our Master.
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and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
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and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.
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And Jesus Christ our Lord was shown to be the Son of God when God powerfully raised him from the dead by means of the Holy Spirit.
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By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
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Through him we received both the generous gift of his life and the urgent task of passing it on to others who receive it by entering into obedient trust in Jesus.
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Through him and for his name's sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
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Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name,
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Through Christ, God has given us the privilege and authority to tell Gentiles everywhere what God has done for them, so that they will believe and obey him, bringing glory to his name.
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Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
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You are who you are through this gift and call of Jesus Christ!
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And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
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among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ;
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You are among those who have been called to belong to Jesus Christ,
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To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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And I greet you now with all the generosity of God our Father and our Master Jesus, the Messiah.
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To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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dear friends in Rome. God loves you dearly, and he has called you to be his very own people. May grace and peace be yours from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
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I thank God through Jesus for every one of you. That's first. People everywhere keep telling me about your lives of faith, and every time I hear them, I thank him.
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First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.
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First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
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Let me say first of all that your faith in God is becoming known throughout the world. How I thank God through Jesus Christ for each one of you.
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For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
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And God, whom I so love to worship and serve by spreading the good news of his Son--the Message!-knows that every time I think of you
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God, whom I serve with my whole heart in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
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For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,
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God knows how often I pray for you. Day and night I bring you and your needs in prayer to God, whom I serve with all my heart by telling others the Good News about his Son.
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Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
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in my prayers, which is practically all the time, I ask him to clear the way for me to come and see you.
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in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God's will the way may be opened for me to come to you.
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making request if, by some means, now at last I may find a way in the will of God to come to you.
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One of the things I always pray for is the opportunity, God willing, to come at last to see you.
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For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
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The longer this waiting goes on, the deeper the ache. I so want to be there to deliver God's gift in person and watch you grow stronger right before my eyes!
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I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong--
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For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established--
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For I long to visit you so I can share a spiritual blessing with you that will help you grow strong in the Lord.
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That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
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But don't think I'm not expecting to get something out of this, too! You have as much to give me as I do to you.
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that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith.
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that is, that I may be encouraged together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
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I'm eager to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours. In this way, each of us will be a blessing to the other.
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Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
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Please don't misinterpret my failure to visit you, friends. You have no idea how many times I've made plans for Rome. I've been determined to get some personal enjoyment out of God's work among you, as I have in so many other non-Jewish towns and communities. But something has always come up and prevented it.
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I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
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Now I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to come to you (but was hindered until now), that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the other Gentiles.
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I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters, that I planned many times to visit you, but I was prevented until now. I want to work among you and see good results, just as I have done among other Gentiles.
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I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
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Everyone I meet--it matters little whether they're mannered or rude, smart or simple--deepens my sense of interdependence and obligation.
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I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
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I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise.
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For I have a great sense of obligation to people in our culture and to people in other cultures, to the educated and uneducated alike.
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So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
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And that's why I can't wait to get to you in Rome, preaching this wonderful good news of God.
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That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are at Rome.
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So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.
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So I am eager to come to you in Rome, too, to preach God's Good News.
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For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
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It's news I'm most proud to proclaim, this extraordinary Message of God's powerful plan to rescue everyone who trusts him, starting with Jews and then right on to everyone else!
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I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.
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For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
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For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes--Jews first and also Gentiles.
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For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
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God's way of putting people right shows up in the acts of faith, confirming what Scripture has said all along: "The person in right standing before God by trusting him really lives."
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For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."
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For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."
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This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, "It is through faith that a righteous person has life."
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For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
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But God's angry displeasure erupts as acts of human mistrust and wrongdoing and lying accumulate, as people try to put a shroud over truth.
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The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness,
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For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
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But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who push the truth away from themselves.
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Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
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But the basic reality of God is plain enough. Open your eyes and there it is!
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since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
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because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them.
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For the truth about God is known to them instinctively. God has put this knowledge in their hearts.
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For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
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By taking a long and thoughtful look at what God has created, people have always been able to see what their eyes as such can't see: eternal power, for instance, and the mystery of his divine being. So nobody has a good excuse.
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For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
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For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,
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From the time the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky and all that God made. They can clearly see his invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse whatsoever for not knowing God.
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Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
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What happened was this: People knew God perfectly well, but when they didn't treat him like God, refusing to worship him, they trivialized themselves into silliness and confusion so that there was neither sense nor direction left in their lives.
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For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
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because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
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Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn't worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. The result was that their minds became dark and confused.
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Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
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They pretended to know it all, but were illiterate regarding life.
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Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
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Professing to be wise, they became fools,
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Claiming to be wise, they became utter fools instead.
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And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
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They traded the glory of God who holds the whole world in his hands for cheap figurines you can buy at any roadside stand.
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and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
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and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man--and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
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And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people, or birds and animals and snakes.
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Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
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So God said, in effect, "If that's what you want, that's what you get." It wasn't long before they were living in a pigpen, smeared with filth, filthy inside and out.
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Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.
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Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves,
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So God let them go ahead and do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other's bodies.
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Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
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And all this because they traded the true God for a fake god, and worshiped the god they made instead of the God who made them--the God we bless, the God who blesses us. Oh, yes!
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They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator--who is forever praised. Amen.
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who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
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Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God, they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they worshiped the things God made but not the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever. Amen.
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For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
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Worse followed. Refusing to know God, they soon didn't know how to be human either--women didn't know how to be women, men didn't know how to be men.
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Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
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For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature.
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That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other.
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And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
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Sexually confused, they abused and defiled one another, women with women, men with men--all lust, no love. And then they paid for it, oh, how they paid for it--emptied of God and love, godless and loveless wretches.
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In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
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Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
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And the men, instead of having normal sexual relationships with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men and, as a result, suffered within themselves the penalty they so richly deserved.
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And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
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Since they didn't bother to acknowledge God, God quit bothering them and let them run loose.
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Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
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And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
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When they refused to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their evil minds and let them do things that should never be done.
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Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
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And then all hell broke loose: rampant evil, grabbing and grasping, vicious backstabbing. They made life hell on earth with their envy, wanton killing, bickering, and cheating. Look at them: mean-spirited, venomous,
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They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,
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being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,
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Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, fighting, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip.
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Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
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fork-tongued God-bashers. Bullies, swaggerers, insufferable windbags! They keep inventing new ways of wrecking lives. They ditch their parents when they get in the way.
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slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;
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backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
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They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They are forever inventing new ways of sinning and are disobedient to their parents.
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Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
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Stupid, slimy, cruel, cold-blooded.
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they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
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undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful;
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They refuse to understand, break their promises, and are heartless and unforgiving.
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Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
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And it's not as if they don't know better. They know perfectly well they're spitting in God's face. And they don't care--worse, they hand out prizes to those who do the worst things best!
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Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
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who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.
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They are fully aware of God's death penalty for those who do these things, yet they go right ahead and do them anyway. And, worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.
