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Monday, June 30th, 2025
the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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Passage Lookup: Romans 1

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Romans 1:1
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Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle[a](a) and singled out(b) for God's good news(c)
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Romans 1:2
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which He promised long ago(d) through His prophets(e) in the Holy Scriptures—
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Romans 1:3
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concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David[b](f) according to the flesh(g)
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Romans 1:4
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and who has been declared to be the powerful(h) Son of God(i) by the resurrection from the dead according to the Spirit of holiness.[c]
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Romans 1:5
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We have received grace and apostleship(j) through Him to bring about[d] the obedience(k) of faith[e] among all the nations,[f](l) on behalf of His name,
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Romans 1:6
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including yourselves who also belong to Jesus Christ by calling:(m)
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Romans 1:7
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To all who are in Rome, loved by God,(n) called(o) as saints.(p) Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Romans 1:8
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First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you because the news of your faith[g] is being reported in all the world.(q)
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Romans 1:9
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For God, whom I serve with my spirit(r) in telling the good news about His Son, is my witness(s) that I constantly mention you,(t)
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Romans 1:10
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always asking in my prayers that if it is somehow in God's will, I may now at last succeed in coming to you.(u)
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Romans 1:11
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For I want very much to see you,(v) so I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
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Romans 1:12
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that is, to be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
Romans 1:13
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Now I want you to know,[h](w) brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but was prevented until now(x)) in order that I might have a fruitful ministry[i] among you,(y) just as among the rest of the Gentiles.
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Romans 1:14
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I am obligated both to Greeks and barbarians,[j](z) both to the wise and the foolish.
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Romans 1:15
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So I am eager to preach the good news(aa) to you also who are in Rome.
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Romans 1:16
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For I am not ashamed of the gospel,[k](ab) because it is God's power for salvation(ac) to everyone who believes, first to the Jew,(ad) and also to the Greek.(ae)
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Romans 1:17
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For in it God's righteousness is revealed from faith to faith,[l](af) just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith. [m](ag)[n]
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Romans 1:18
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For God's wrath(ah) is revealed from heaven against all godlessness and unrighteousness of people who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth,(ai)
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Romans 1:19
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since what can be known[o] about God is evident among them,(aj) because God has shown it to them.
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Romans 1:20
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For His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world,(ak) being understood through what He has made.(al) As a result, people are without excuse.
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Romans 1:21
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For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened.(am)
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Romans 1:22
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Claiming to be wise, they became fools(an)
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Romans 1:23
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and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.(ao)
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Romans 1:24
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Therefore God delivered them over in the cravings of their hearts(ap) to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves.
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Romans 1:25
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They exchanged the truth of God for a lie,(aq) and worshiped and served something created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever.(ar) Amen.
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Romans 1:26
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This is why God delivered them over to degrading passions.(as) For even their females exchanged natural sexual relations[p] for unnatural ones.
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Romans 1:27
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The males in the same way also left natural relations[q] with females and were inflamed in their lust for one another. Males committed shameless acts with males(at) and received in their own persons[r] the appropriate penalty of their error.
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Romans 1:28
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And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a worthless mind to do what is morally wrong.
Romans 1:29
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They are filled with all unrighteousness,[s] evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,(au)
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Romans 1:30
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slanderers, God-haters, arrogant, proud, boastful,(av) inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,(aw)
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Romans 1:31
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undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving,[t](ax) and unmerciful.
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Romans 1:32
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Although they know full well God's just sentence—that those who practice such things deserve to die[u](ay)—they not only do them, but even applaud[v](az) others who practice them.
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