³ Then the Lord said, “My Spirit^(A) will not contend with^[a] humans forever,^(B) for they are mortal^[b];^(C) their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”

⁵³ you who have received the law that was given through angels^(A) but have not obeyed it.”

²⁵ They exchanged the truth about God for a lie,^(A) and worshiped and served created things^(B) rather than the Creator—who is forever praised.^(C) Amen.^(D)

²⁶ Because of this, God gave them over^(E) to shameful lusts.^(F) Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.^{(G) 27} 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.^(H)

²⁸ Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over^(I) to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.

⁴ It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened,^(A) who have tasted the heavenly gift,^(B) who have shared in the Holy Spirit,^(C)