Romans 1:20-32

English Standard Version

²⁰ For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, ^(A)have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,^[a] in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. ²¹ For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they ^(B)became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. ^22 (C)Claiming to be wise, they became fools, ²³ and ^(D)exchanged the glory of ^(E)the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

²⁴ Therefore ^(F)God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to ^(G)the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, ²⁵ because they exchanged the truth about God for ^(H)a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, ^(I)who is blessed forever! Amen.

²⁶ For this reason ^(J)God gave them up to ^(K)dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; ²⁷ and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, ^(L)men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

²⁸ And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, ^(M)God gave them up to ^(N)a debased mind to do ^(O)what ought not to be done. ²⁹ They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, ³⁰ slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, ³¹ foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. ³² Though they know ^(P)God's righteous decree that those who practice such things ^(Q)deserve to die, they not only do them but ^(R)give approval to those who practice them.