001:016 For I am not ashamed of the Good News. It is God's power
which is at work for the salvation of every one who believes—
the Jew first, and then the Gentile.
001:017 For in the Good News a righteousness which comes from God is
being revealed, depending on faith and tending to produce faith;
as the Scripture has it, "The righteous man shall live by faith."
001:018 For God's anger is being revealed from Heaven against all
impiety and against the iniquity of men who through iniquity
suppress the truth. God is angry:
001:019 because what may be known about Him is plain to their inmost consciousness; for He Himself has made it plain to them.
001:020 For, from the very creation of the world, His invisible perfections— namely His eternal power and divine nature—have been rendered intelligible and clearly visible by His works, so that these men are without excuse.
001:021 For when they had come to know God, they did not give Him glory as God nor render Him thanks, but they became absorbed in useless discussions, and their senseless minds were darkened.
001:022 While boasting of their wisdom they became utter fools,
001:023 and, instead of worshipping the imperishable God, they worshipped
images resembling perishable man or resembling birds or
beasts or reptiles.
001:024 For this reason, in accordance with their own depraved cravings,
God gave them up to uncleanness, allowing them to dishonour
their bodies among themselves with impurity.
001:025 For they had bartered the reality of God for what is unreal,
and had offered divine honours and religious service
to created things, rather than to the Creator—He who is
for ever blessed. Amen.