Romans 1
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Romans 1:21-25

21For even though they knewG1097 GodG2316, they did not 1honorG1392 Him as GodG2316 orG2228 giveG2168 thanksG2168, but they becameG3154 2futileG3154 in their reasoningsG1261, and their senselessG801 heartsG2588 were darkenedG4654. 223ClaimingG5335 to be wiseG4680, they becameG3471 foolsG3471, 23and they 4exchangedG236 the gloryG1391 of the incorruptibleG862 GodG2316 for an imageG1504 in the formG3667 of corruptibleG5349 mankindG444, of birdsG4071, four-footedG5074 animalsG5074, and 5crawlingG2062 creaturesG2062.

24ThereforeG1352 6GodG2316 gaveG3860 them upG3860 to vileG167 impurityG167 in the lustsG1939 of their heartsG2588, so that their bodiesG4983 would be 7dishonoredG818 amongG1722 them. 25For they exchangedG3337 the truthG225 of GodG2316 for 89falsehoodG5579, and worshipedG4573 and servedG3000 the creatureG2937 ratherG3844 thanG3844 the CreatorG2936, 10whoG3739 is blessedG2128 11foreverG165. AmenG281.

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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 ↩
  6. 6. Romans 1:24 Rom 1:26, 28; Eph 4:19 ↩
  7. 7. Romans 1:24 Eph 2:3 ↩
  8. 8. Romans 1:25 Lit the lie ↩
  9. 9. Romans 1:25 Is 44:20; Jer 10:14; 13:25; 16:19 ↩
  10. 10. Romans 1:25 Rom 9:5; 2 Cor 11:31 ↩
  11. 11. Romans 1:25 Lit unto the ages ↩

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