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27 and likewise the men also abandoned natural relations with women[a] and were inflamed in their passions[b] for one another. Men[c] committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God,[d] God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.[e] 29 They are filled[f] with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with[g] envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 1:27 tn Grk “likewise so also the males abandoning the natural function of the female.”
  2. Romans 1:27 tn Grk “burned with intense desire” (L&N 25.16).
  3. Romans 1:27 tn Grk “another, men committing…and receiving,” continuing the description of their deeds. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
  4. Romans 1:28 tn Grk “and just as they did not approve to have God in knowledge.”
  5. Romans 1:28 tn Grk “the things that are improper.”
  6. Romans 1:29 tn Grk “being filled” or “having been filled,” referring to those described in v. 28. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
  7. Romans 1:29 tn Grk “malice, full of,” continuing the description. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.