Romans 1:27

Romans 1:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
• New International Version (NIV)In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

Context of Romans 1:27

25These people have exchanged God’s truth for a lie. So they have become ungodly and serve what is created rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen! 26For this reason God allowed their shameful passions to control them. Their women have exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. Likewise, their men have given up natural sexual relations with women and burn with lust for each other. Men commit indecent acts with men, so they experience among themselves the punishment they deserve for their perversion. 28And because they thought it was worthless to acknowledge God, God allowed their own immoral minds to control them. So they do these indecent things. 29Their lives are filled with all kinds of sexual sins, wickedness, and greed. They are mean. They are filled with envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and viciousness. They are gossips,

Romans 1:27 word by word

ὁμοίως τε καὶ οἱ ἄρσενες ἀφέντες τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν τῆς θηλείας ἐξεκαύθησαν ἐν τῇ ὀρέξει αὐτῶν εἰς ἀλλήλους, ἄρσενες ἐν ἄρσεσιν τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην κατεργαζόμενοι, καὶ τὴν ἀντιμισθίαν ἣν ἔδει τῆς πλάνης αὐτῶν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἀπολαμβάνοντες.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• likewiseὁμοίωςhomoiōs · similarlyG3668
• alsoτεte · and/bothG5037
• the menὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the menἄρρην, ἄρσηνarrhēn arsēn · maleG730
• leavingἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: permitG863
• the naturalφυσικόςphusikos · naturalG5446
• useχρῆσιςchrēsis · useG5540
• of the womanθῆλυςthēlus · femaleG2338
• burnedἐκκαίωekkaiō · be enflamedG1572
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• their lustὄρεξιςorexis · lustG3715
• oneαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• towardεἰςeis · towardG1519
• anotherἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240
• workingκατεργάζομαιkatergazomai · to workout/produceG2716
• that which is unseemlyἀσχημοσύνηaschēmosunē · indecencyG808
• receivingἀπολαμβάνωapolambanō · to get backG618
• themselvesἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• that recompenceἀντιμισθίαantimisthia · recompenseG489
• ofπλάνηplanē · errorG4106
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• was meetδεῖdei · be necessaryG1163

Cross-references for Romans 1:27

• Romans 1:23They exchanged the glory of the immortal God for statues that looked like mortal humans, birds, animals, and snakes.

Commentaries on Romans 1:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Receiving in themselves that recompense, etc. - Both the women and men, by their unnatural prostitutions, enervated their bodies, so that barrenness prevailed, and those disorders which are necessarily attendant on prostitution and sodomitical practices.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27And likewise the men … - The sin which is here specified is what was the shameful sin of Sodom, and which from that has been called sodomy. It would scarcely be credible that man had been guilty of a crime so base and so degrading, unless there was ample and full testimony to it. Perhaps there is no sin which so deeply shows the depravity of man as this; none which would so much induce one “to hang his head, and blush to think himself a man.” And yet the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-32Verses 26-32 In the horrid depravity of the heathen, the truth of our Lord's words was shown: "Light was come into the world, but men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil; for he that doeth evil hateth the light." The truth was not to their taste. And we all know how soon a man will contrive, against the strongest evidence, to reason himself out of the belief of what he dislikes. But a man cannot be brought to greater slavery…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27received in themselves the due penalty for their error: When people turn away from the Creator’s purposes, God judges their actions. This judgment can happen in many ways, but the final result is spiritual death (see 1:32).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 26-2726-27. For this cause God gave them up--(See on Ro 1:24). for even their women--that sex whose priceless jewel and fairest ornament is modesty, and which, when that is once lost, not only becomes more shameless than the other sex, but lives henceforth only to drag the other sex down to its level. did change, &c.--The practices here referred to, though too abundantly attested by classic authors, cannot be further illustrated, without trenching on things…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 1:27

• Gentiles
• Idolatry
• Lasciviousness
• Rome
• Sodomy
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Affection
• Call
• Creation
• Dark
• Despiteful
• Faith
• Fall of man
• Lie
• Manifest
• Mention

Commentaries on Romans 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings