Romans 1
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Romans 1:18-23

18For 1the wrathG3709 of GodG2316 is revealedG601 from heavenG3772 againstG1909 allG3956 ungodlinessG763 and unrighteousnessG93 of menG444 who 2suppressG2722 the truthG225 3in unrighteousnessG93, 19becauseG1360 4that whichG1110 is knownG1110 about GodG2316 is evidentG5318 5withinG1722 them; for GodG2316 madeG5319 it evidentG5319 to them. 20For 6sinceG575 the creationG2937 of the worldG2889 His invisibleG517 attributes, His eternalG126 powerG1411 and divineG2305 natureG2305, have been clearlyG2529 seenG2529, 7being understoodG3539 through whatG4161 hasG4161 beenG4161 madeG4161, soG1519 that they are withoutG379 excuseG379. 21For even though they knewG1097 GodG2316, they did not 8honorG1392 Him as GodG2316 orG2228 giveG2168 thanksG2168, but they becameG3154 9futileG3154 in their speculationsG1261, and their foolishG801 heartG2588 was darkenedG4654. 2210ProfessingG5335 to be wiseG4680, they becameG3471 foolsG3471, 23and 11exchangedG236 the gloryG1391 of the incorruptibleG862 GodG2316 for an imageG1504 in the formG3667 of corruptibleG5349 manG444 and of birdsG4071 and four-footedG5074 animalsG5074 and 12crawlingG2062 creaturesG2062.

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Notes

  1. 1. Romans 1:18 Rom 5:9; Eph 5:6; Col 3:6 ↩
  2. 2. Romans 1:18 2 Thess 2:6f ↩
  3. 3. Romans 1:18 Or by ↩
  4. 4. Romans 1:19 Acts 14:17; 17:24ff ↩
  5. 5. Romans 1:19 Or among ↩
  6. 6. Romans 1:20 Mark 10:6 ↩
  7. 7. Romans 1:20 Job 12:7-9; Ps 19:1-6; Jer 5:21f ↩
  8. 8. Romans 1:21 Lit glorify ↩
  9. 9. Romans 1:21 2 Kin 17:15; Jer 2:5; Eph 4:17f ↩
  10. 10. Romans 1:22 Jer 10:14; 1 Cor 1:20 ↩
  11. 11. Romans 1:23 Deut 4:16-18; Ps 106:20; Jer 2:11; Acts 17:29 ↩
  12. 12. Romans 1:23 Or reptiles ↩

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