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Romans 1:20-28

20FortheinvisibleἀόραταaorataG517thingsofhimsincethecreationκτίσεωςktiseōsG2937oftheworldκόσμουkosmouG2889areG1510clearlyseen,beingG1510perceivedthroughthethingsthatareG1510made,evenG2532hiseverlastingpowerδύναμιςdunamisG1411anddivinity;thattheymaybeG1510withoutexcuse:

21becausethat,knowingG1097GodθεὸνtheonG2316,theyglorifiedG1392himnotasGodθεὸνtheonG2316,neithergaveG2168thanksG2168;butbecamevainintheirreasonings,andtheirsenselessheartκαρδία·kardiaG2588wasdarkenedἐσκοτίσθηeskotisthēG4654.

22ProfessingthemselvestobeG1510wiseσοφοὶsophoiG4680,theybecameG3471fools,

23andchangedG236thegloryδόξανdoxanG1391oftheincorruptibleGodθεοῦtheouG2316forthelikenessὁμοιώματιhomoiōmatiG3667ofanimageεἰκόνοςeikonosG1504ofcorruptiblemanἀνθρώπουanthrōpouG444,andofbirdsπετεινῶνpeteinōnG4071,andfour-footedbeasts,andcreepingthings.

24WhereforeGodθεὸςtheosG2316gavethemupinthelustsG1939oftheirheartsκαρδιῶνkardiōnG2588untouncleanness,thattheirbodiesσώματαsōmataG4983shouldbedishonoredἀτιμάζεσθαιatimazesthaiG818amongthemselves:

25forthattheyexchangedthetruthἀλήθειανalētheianG225ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316foralieG5579,andworshippedandservedG3000thecreatureratherthantheCreator,whoisG1510blessedforever.Amenἀμήν.¶amēnG281.

26ForthiscauseGodθεὸςtheosG2316gavethemupunto vilepassionsG3806:fortheirwomenchangedthenaturalφυσικὴνphusikēnG5446useintothatwhichisagainstnatureφύσιν,phusinG5449:

27andlikewiseὁμοίωςhomoiōsG3668alsoG2532themen,leavingG863thenaturalφυσικὴνphusikēnG5446useofthewoman,burnedintheirlustoneἀλλήλους,allēlousG240towardanother,menwithmenworking unseemliness,andreceivingG618inthemselvesthatrecompenseoftheirerrorπλάνηςplanēsG4106whichwasdue.

28AndevenG2532astheyrefusedtohaveGodθεὸνtheonG2316intheirknowledgeἐπιγνώσει,epignōseiG1922,GodθεὸςtheosG2316gavethemupuntoareprobatemindνοῦνnounG3563,todothosethingswhicharenotfitting;

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