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Romans 1:21-28

21Because,knowingG1097GodθεὸνtheonG2316,theyglorifiedG1392[him]notasGodθεὸνtheonG2316,neitherwerethankful;butfellintofollyintheirthoughtsG1261,andtheirheartκαρδία·kardiaG2588withoutunderstandingG801wasdarkenedἐσκοτίσθηeskotisthēG4654:

22professingthemselvestobeG1510wiseσοφοὶsophoiG4680,theybecameG3471fools,

23andchangedG236thegloryδόξανdoxanG1391oftheincorruptibleGodθεοῦtheouG2316into[the]likenessὁμοιώματιhomoiōmatiG3667ofanimageεἰκόνοςeikonosG1504ofcorruptiblemanἀνθρώπουanthrōpouG444andofbirdsπετεινῶνpeteinōnG4071andquadrupedsandreptiles.

24WhereforeGodθεὸςtheosG2316gavethemup[also]inthelustsG1939oftheirheartsκαρδιῶνkardiōnG2588touncleanness,todishonourtheirbodiesσώματαsōmataG4983betweenthemselves:

25whochangedthetruthἀλήθειανalētheianG225ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316intofalsehoodψεύδει,pseudeiG5579,andhonouredandservedG3000thecreaturemorethanhimwhohadcreated[it],whoisG1510blessedforever.Amenἀμήν.¶amēnG281.

26ForthisreasonGodθεὸςtheosG2316gavethemuptovile lusts;forboththeirfemales changedthenaturalφυσικὴνphusikēnG5446useintothatcontraryπαρὰparaG3844tonatureφύσιν,phusinG5449;

27andinlikemannerthemalesalsoG2532,leavingG863thenaturalφυσικὴνphusikēnG5446useofthefemaleθηλείαςthēleiasG2338,wereinflamedintheirlust towardsoneἀλλήλους,allēlousG240another; maleswithmales workingshameἀσχημοσύνηνaschēmosunēnG808,andreceivingG618inthemselvestherecompenseoftheirerrorπλάνηςplanēsG4106whichwasfit.

28Andaccordingastheydidnotthink goodtohaveGodθεὸνtheonG2316in[their]knowledgeἐπιγνώσει,epignōseiG1922,GodθεὸςtheosG2316gavethemuptoareprobatemindνοῦνnounG3563topractise unseemlythings;

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