Romans 1
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Romans 1:21-23

21For even though they knewG1097 GodG2316, they did not 1honorG1392 Him as GodG2316 orG2228 giveG2168 thanksG2168, but they becameG3154 2futileG3154 in their speculationsG1261, and their foolishG801 heartG2588 was darkenedG4654. 223ProfessingG5335 to be wiseG4680, they becameG3471 foolsG3471, 23and 4exchangedG236 the gloryG1391 of the incorruptibleG862 GodG2316 for an imageG1504 in the formG3667 of corruptibleG5349 manG444 and of birdsG4071 and four-footedG5074 animalsG5074 and 5crawlingG2062 creaturesG2062.

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Notes

  1. 1. Romans 1:21 Lit glorify ↩
  2. 2. Romans 1:21 2 Kin 17:15; Jer 2:5; Eph 4:17f ↩
  3. 3. Romans 1:22 Jer 10:14; 1 Cor 1:20 ↩
  4. 4. Romans 1:23 Deut 4:16-18; Ps 106:20; Jer 2:11; Acts 17:29 ↩
  5. 5. Romans 1:23 Or reptiles ↩

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