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24 Therefore God handed them over[a] in the desires of their hearts to impurity so that [b] their bodies are dishonored among them.

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

25 Who exchanged the truth of God for the lie[c], and worshiped and served the creation[d] rather than the One having created— Who is blessed forever, amen. 26 For this reason God handed them over to passions of [e] dishonor. For both their females exchanged the natural [sexual] function for the one contrary to nature,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 1:24 Or, gave them up.
  2. Romans 1:24 Or ‘impurity, the dishonoring as to their bodies among themselves’.
  3. Romans 1:25 That is, the lie of false religion. Or, falsehood.
  4. Romans 1:25 Or, creature.
  5. Romans 1:26 That is, characterized by; or, leading to; or, proceeding from.

24 Therefore God gave them over(A) in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.(B) 25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie,(C) and worshiped and served created things(D) rather than the Creator—who is forever praised.(E) Amen.(F)

26 Because of this, God gave them over(G) to shameful lusts.(H) Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.(I)

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