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Romans 1:27
27And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.
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
25They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. 26That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved. 28Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. 29Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip.
Read all of Romans 1Romans 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
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
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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
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