Romans 1 — TNT
1Verse 1Paul the seruaut of Iesus Christ called to be an Apostle put a parte to preache the Gospell of GodVerse 2which he promysed afore by his Prophetes in the holy scripturesVerse 3that make mension of his sonne the which was begotte of the seed of David as pertayninge to the flesshe:Verse 4and declared to be the sonne of God with power of the holy goost that sanctifieth sence the tyme that Iesus Christ oure Lorde rose agayne from deethVerse 5by whom we have receaved grace and apostleshyppe to bringe all maner hethe people vnto obedience of the fayth that is in his name:Verse 6of the which hethen are ye a part also which are Iesus christes by vocacion.Verse 7To all you of Rome beloved of God and saynctes by callinge. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ.Verse 8Fyrst verely I thanke my God thorow Iesus Christ for you all because youre fayth is publisshed through out all the worlde.Verse 9For God is my witnes whom I serve with my sprete in the Gospell of his sonne that with out ceasinge I make mencion of you alwayes in my prayersVerse 10besechinge that at one tyme or another a prosperous iorney (by the will of god) myght fortune me to come vnto you.Verse 11For I longe to see you that I myght bestowe amonge you some spirituall gyfte to strength you with all:Verse 12that is that I myght have consolacion together with you through the commen fayth which bothe ye and I have.Verse 13I wolde that ye shuld knowe brethren how that I have often tymes purposed to come vnto you (but have bene let hitherto) to have some frute amonge you as I have amonge other of the Gentyls.Verse 14For I am detter both to the Grekes and to them which are no Grekes vnto the learned and also vnto the vnlearned.Verse 15Lykewyse as moche as in me is I am redy to preache the Gospell to you of Rome also.Verse 16For I am not ashamed of the Gospell of Christ because it is the power of God vnto salvacion to all that beleve namely to the Iewe and also to the getyle.Verse 17For by it the rightewesnes which cometh of god is opened from fayth to fayth. As it is written: The iust shall live by fayth.Verse 18For the wrath of God apereth from heven agaynst all vngodlynes and vnrightewesnes of me which withholde the trueth in vnrightewesnes:Verse 19seynge what maye be knowen of God that same is manifest amonge them. For God dyd shewe it vnto them.Verse 20So that his invisible thinges: that is to saye his eternall power and godhed are vnderstonde and sene by the workes from the creacion of the worlde. So that they are without excuseVerse 21in as moche as when they knewe god they glorified him not as God nether were thakfull but wexed full of vanities in their imaginacions and their folisshe hertes were blynded.Verse 22When they counted them selves wyse they became folesVerse 23and turned the glory of the immortall god vnto the similitude of the ymage of mortall man and of byrdes and foure foted beastes and of serpentes.Verse 24Wherfore god lykewyse gave the vp vnto their hertes lustes vnto vnclennes to defyle their awne boddyes bitwene them selves:Verse 25which tourned his truthe vnto a lye and worshipped and served the creatures more then the maker which is blessed for ever. Amen.Verse 26For this cause god gave them vp vnto shamfull lustes. For even their wemen did chaunge the naturall vse vnto the vnnaturall.Verse 27And lyke wyse also the men lefte the naturall vse of the woman and bret in their lustes one on another. And man with man wrought filthynes and receaved in them selves the rewarde of their erroure as it was accordinge.Verse 28And as it semed not good vnto them to be aknowen of God even so God delivered them vp vnto a leawde mynd that they shuld do tho thinges which were not comlyVerse 29beinge full of all vnrighteous doinge of fornicacio wickednes coveteousnes maliciousnes full of envie morther debate disseyte evill condicioned whisperersVerse 30backbyters haters of God doers of wronge proude bosters bringers vp of evyll thinges disobedient to father and motherVerse 31with out vnderstondinge covenaunte breakers vnlovinge trucebreakers and merciles.Verse 32Which men though they knew the rightewesnes of God how that they which soche thinges commyt are worthy of deeth yet not only do the same but also have pleasure in them that do them.