28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, (A)God gave them up to (B)a debased mind to do (C)what ought not to be done.

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

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10 and with all wicked deception for (A)those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore (B)God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe (C)what is false, 12 in order that all may be condemned (D)who did not believe the truth but (E)had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.(A) They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(B) 11 For this reason God sends them(C) a powerful delusion(D) so that they will believe the lie(E) 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.(F)

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21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they (A)became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

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21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.(A)

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16 (A)They profess to know God, but they (B)deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, (C)unfit for any good work.

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16 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him.(A) They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.(B)

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Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit,
    (A)they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.

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You[a] live in the midst of deception;(A)
    in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,”
declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:6 That is, Jeremiah (the Hebrew is singular)

24 Therefore (A)God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to (B)the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,

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24 Therefore God gave them over(A) in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.(B)

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Just as (A)Jannes and Jambres (B)opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, (C)men corrupted in mind and (D)disqualified regarding the faith.

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Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses,(A) so also these teachers oppose(B) the truth. They are men of depraved minds,(C) who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected.

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For the mind that is set on the flesh is (A)hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; (B)indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

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The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;(A) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh(B) cannot please God.

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30 (A)Rejected silver they are called,
    for the Lord has rejected them.”

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30 They are called rejected silver,(A)
    because the Lord has rejected them.”(B)

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12 and you say, (A)“How I hated discipline,
    and my heart (B)despised reproof!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
    or incline my ear to my instructors.

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12 You will say, “How I hated discipline!
    How my heart spurned correction!(A)
13 I would not obey my teachers
    or turn my ear to my instructors.

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(A)in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those (B)who do not know God and on those who (C)do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

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He will punish(A) those who do not know God(B) and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.(C)

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In their case (A)the god of this world (B)has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing (C)the light of (D)the gospel of the glory of Christ, (E)who is the image of God. For what (F)we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with (G)ourselves as your servants[a] for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, (H)“Let light shine out of darkness,” (I)has shone in our hearts to give (J)the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 4:5 Or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)

The god(A) of this age(B) has blinded(C) the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ,(D) who is the image of God.(E) For what we preach is not ourselves,(F) but Jesus Christ as Lord,(G) and ourselves as your servants(H) for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”[a](I) made his light shine in our hearts(J) to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 4:6 Gen. 1:3

My people are destroyed (A)for lack of knowledge;
    (B)because you have rejected knowledge,
    I reject you (C)from being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
    (D)I also will forget your children.

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    my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.(A)

“Because you have rejected knowledge,
    I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law(B) of your God,
    I also will ignore your children.

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