New American Standard Bible 1995

Romans 1:22-29

22 1Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23and 2exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and 3crawling creatures.

24Therefore 4God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be 5dishonored among them. 25For they exchanged the truth of God for 6a 7lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, 8who is blessed 9forever. Amen.

26For this reason 10God gave them over to 11degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is 12unnatural, 27and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, 13men with men committing 14indecent acts and receiving in 15their own persons the due penalty of their error.

28And just as they did not see fit 16to acknowledge God any longer, 17God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, 29being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are 18gossips,

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Notes

1. Romans 1:22 Jer 10:14; 1 Cor 1:20 ↩
2. Romans 1:23 Deut 4:16-18; Ps 106:20; Jer 2:11; Acts 17:29 ↩
3. Romans 1:23 Or reptiles ↩
4. Romans 1:24 Rom 1:26, 28; Eph 4:19 ↩
5. Romans 1:24 Eph 2:3 ↩
6. Romans 1:25 Lit the lie ↩
7. Romans 1:25 Is 44:20; Jer 10:14; 13:25; 16:19 ↩
8. Romans 1:25 Rom 9:5; 2 Cor 11:31 ↩
9. Romans 1:25 Lit unto the ages ↩
10. Romans 1:26 Rom 1:24 ↩
11. Romans 1:26 1 Thess 4:5 ↩
12. Romans 1:26 Lit against nature ↩
13. Romans 1:27 Lev 18:22; 20:13; 1 Cor 6:9 ↩
14. Romans 1:27 Lit the shameless deed ↩
15. Romans 1:27 Lit themselves ↩
16. Romans 1:28 Lit to have God in knowledge ↩
17. Romans 1:28 Rom 1:24 ↩
18. Romans 1:29 2 Cor 12:20 ↩

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