I.
Introduction — the gospel of God
1:1-17
A.
Promised in the Holy Scriptures
vv. 1-2
Rom. 1
:1
1:1
1Paul, a
2slave of
3Christ 4Jesus, a
5called 6apostle,
7separated 8unto the
9gospel of God,
Rom. 1
:2
1:2
1Which He promised
2beforehand through His prophets in the
3holy Scriptures,
B.
Concerning Christ
vv. 3-4
Rom. 1
:3
1:3
Concerning 1His Son, who
2came 3out of the
4aseed of David according to the
5flesh,
Rom. 1
:4
1:4
Who was
1designated the
2aSon of God in
3power according to the
4Spirit of
5holiness 6out of the resurrection of the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord;
C.
Received by the called ones
vv. 5-7
Rom. 1
:5
1:5
Through whom we have received
1grace and
2apostleship unto the
3aobedience of
4bfaith among all the Gentiles
5on behalf of His name,
Rom. 1
:6
1:6
Among whom you also are the
1called ones of Jesus Christ;
Rom. 1
:7
1:7
To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, the
acalled 1saints:
2Grace to you and
bpeace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
D.
Proclaimed with eagerness and partaken of by faith
vv. 8-15
Rom. 1
:8
1:8
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all because your
afaith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
Rom. 1
:9
1:9
For God is my witness, whom I
1serve in my
2spirit in the gospel of His Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,
Rom. 1
:10
1:10
Beseeching if by any means now at last I may be prospered in the will of God to come to you.
Rom. 1
:11
1:11
For I long to see you that I may impart to you some spiritual gift so that you may be
aestablished;
Rom. 1
:12
1:12
That is, that I with
you may be
1encouraged among you through the faith which is in one another, both yours and mine.
Rom. 1
:13
1:13
And I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that often I
apurposed to come to you (yet was hindered until the present), that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.
Rom. 1
:14
1:14
I am debtor both to Greeks and to
1barbarians, both to wise and to foolish;
Rom. 1
:15
1:15
So, for my part, I am ready to announce the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
E.
The power of God's salvation
vv. 16-17
Rom. 1
:16
1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the
1power of God unto
2salvation to every one who believes, both to Jew first and to Greek.
Rom. 1
:17
1:17
For the
1arighteousness of God is revealed in it
2out of faith to faith, as it is written,
b"But the righteous shall
3have life and live by
4faith.''
II.
Condemnation
1:18—3:20
A.
On mankind generally
1:18-32
Rom. 1
:18
1:18
1For the
2awrath of God is revealed from heaven
3upon all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who
4hold down
5the truth in unrighteousness,
Rom. 1
:19
1:19
Because that which is known of God is manifest
1within them, for God manifested
it to them.
Rom. 1
:20
1:20
For the invisible things of Him, both His eternal power and
1divine characteristics, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world,
2abeing perceived by the things made, so that they would be without excuse;
Rom. 1
:21
1:21
Because though
1they knew God, they did not glorify
Him as God or thank
Him, but
rather became
2vain in their reasonings, and their heart, lacking understanding, was darkened.
Rom. 1
:22
1:22
Professing to be wise, they became fools
Rom. 1
:23
1:23
And 1achanged the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and reptiles.
Rom. 1
:24
1:24
Therefore God
1gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, so that they dishonor their bodies among themselves,
Rom. 1
:25
1:25
Who exchanged the
1truth of God for the lie, and worshipped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is
ablessed forever. Amen.
Rom. 1
:26
1:26
Therefore God gave them up to passions of dishonor; for their females exchanged the natural use for that which is contrary to nature;
Rom. 1
:27
1:27
And likewise also the males, leaving the natural use of the female, burned in their craving toward one another, males with males committing unseemliness and fully receiving in themselves the retribution of their error which was due.
Rom. 1
:28
1:28
And even as they did not approve of holding God in
their full knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things which are not fitting,
Rom. 1
:29
1:29
Being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity;
Rom. 1
:30
1:30
Whisperers, slanderers, hateful to God, insolent, arrogant, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Rom. 1
:31
1:31
Senseless, faithless, affectionless, merciless;
Rom. 1
:32
1:32
Who, though fully knowing the
1righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but also have fellow delight in those who practice
them.
