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They Turned From The Truth To Worship The Creation Rather Than The Creator

25 Who exchanged the truth of God for the lie[a], and worshiped and served the creation[b] rather than the One having created— Who is blessed forever, amen. 26 For this reason God handed them over to passions of [c] dishonor. For both their females exchanged the natural [sexual] function for the one contrary to nature, 27 and likewise also the males, having left the natural [sexual] function of the female, were inflamed by their craving for one another— males with males committing the indecent-act[d] and receiving-back in themselves the return[e] which was due their error[f].

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 1:25 That is, the lie of false religion. Or, falsehood.
  2. Romans 1:25 Or, creature.
  3. Romans 1:26 That is, characterized by; or, leading to; or, proceeding from.
  4. Romans 1:27 Or, the shameful-deed.
  5. Romans 1:27 This is a neutral rendering; negatively it means ‘penalty’.
  6. Romans 1:27 Or, deception, delusion.

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