Psalm 19:1-4

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The Law of the Lord Is Perfect

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

19 ^(A)The heavens declare the glory of God,
    and the sky above^[a] proclaims his handiwork.
²Day to day pours out speech,
    and night to night reveals knowledge.
³There is no speech, nor are there words,
    whose voice is not heard.
⁴^(B)Their ^(C)voice^[b] goes out through all the earth,
    and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a tent for ^(D)the sun,

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Footnotes

Psalm 19:1 Hebrew the expanse; compare Genesis 1:6–8
Psalm 19:4 Or Their measuring line

Romans 1:16-32

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The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

¹⁶For ^(A)I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is ^(B)the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew ^(C)first and also to ^(D)the Greek. ¹⁷For in it ^(E)the righteousness of God is revealed ^(F)from faith for faith,^[a] ^(G)as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”^[b]

God's Wrath on Unrighteousness

¹⁸For ^(H)the wrath of God ^(I)is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. ¹⁹For what can be ^(J)known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. ²⁰For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, ^(K)have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,^[c] in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. ²¹For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they ^(L)became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. ²²^(M)Claiming to be wise, they became fools, ²³and ^(N)exchanged the glory of ^(O)the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

²⁴Therefore ^(P)God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to ^(Q)the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, ²⁵because they exchanged the truth about God for ^(R)a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, ^(S)who is blessed forever! Amen.

²⁶For this reason ^(T)God gave them up to ^(U)dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; ²⁷and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, ^(V)men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

²⁸And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, ^(W)God gave them up to ^(X)a debased mind to do ^(Y)what ought not to be done. ²⁹They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, ³⁰slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, ³¹foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. ³²Though they know ^(Z)God's righteous decree that those who practice such things ^(AA)deserve to die, they not only do them but ^(AB)give approval to those who practice them.