Romans 1 Audio (ESV 2011)

Question 1

Romans 1:1

Answer 1

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

Question 2

Romans 1:2

Answer 2

which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

Question 3

Romans 1:3

Answer 3

concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh

Question 4

Romans 1:4

Answer 4

and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

Question 5

Romans 1:5

Answer 5

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,

Question 6

Romans 1:6

Answer 6

including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ,

Question 7

Romans 1:7

Answer 7

To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Question 8

Romans 1:8

Answer 8

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.

Question 9

Romans 1:9

Answer 9

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you

Question 10

Romans 1:10

Answer 10

always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God’s will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.

Question 11

Romans 1:11

Answer 11

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you—

Question 12

Romans 1:12

Answer 12

that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.

Question 13

Romans 1:13

Answer 13

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.

Question 14

Romans 1:14

Answer 14

I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

Question 15

Romans 1:15

Answer 15

So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

Question 16

Romans 1:16

Answer 16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Question 17

Romans 1:17

Answer 17

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

Question 18

Romans 1:18

Answer 18

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

Question 19

Romans 1:19

Answer 19

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.

Question 20

Romans 1:20

Answer 20

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

Question 21

Romans 1:21

Answer 21

For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

Question 22

Romans 1:22

Answer 22

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

Question 23

Romans 1:23

Answer 23

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

Question 24

Romans 1:24

Answer 24

Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,

Question 25

Romans 1:25

Answer 25

because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

Question 26

Romans 1:26

Answer 26

For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature;

Question 27

Romans 1:27

Answer 27

and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Question 28

Romans 1:28

Answer 28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.

Question 29

Romans 1:29

Answer 29

They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,

Question 30

Romans 1:30

Answer 30

slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,

Question 31

Romans 1:31

Answer 31

foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.

Question 32

Romans 1:32

Answer 32

Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.