Romans 1:23-27
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for a likeness— an image of a mortal person and of birds and of four-footed-animals and of reptiles. 24 Therefore God handed them over[a] in the desires of their hearts to impurity so that [b] their bodies are dishonored among them.
They Turned From The Truth To Worship The Creation Rather Than The Creator
25 Who exchanged the truth of God for the lie[c], and worshiped and served the creation[d] rather than the One having created— Who is blessed forever, amen. 26 For this reason God handed them over to passions of [e] dishonor. For both their females exchanged the natural [sexual] function for the one contrary to nature, 27 and likewise also the males, having left the natural [sexual] function of the female, were inflamed by their craving for one another— males with males committing the indecent-act[f] and receiving-back in themselves the return[g] which was due their error[h].
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- Romans 1:24 Or, gave them up.
- Romans 1:24 Or ‘impurity, the dishonoring as to their bodies among themselves’.
- Romans 1:25 That is, the lie of false religion. Or, falsehood.
- Romans 1:25 Or, creature.
- Romans 1:26 That is, characterized by; or, leading to; or, proceeding from.
- Romans 1:27 Or, the shameful-deed.
- Romans 1:27 This is a neutral rendering; negatively it means ‘penalty’.
- Romans 1:27 Or, deception, delusion.
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