Romans 1:18-32

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God's Wrath on Unrighteousness

¹⁸For ^(A)the wrath of God ^(B)is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. ¹⁹For what can be ^(C)known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. ²⁰For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, ^(D)have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,^[a] in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. ²¹For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they ^(E)became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. ²²^(F)Claiming to be wise, they became fools, ²³and ^(G)exchanged the glory of ^(H)the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

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

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

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

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Romans 1:20 Or clearly perceived from the creation of the world

Isaiah 5:18-30

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¹⁸Woe to those who draw iniquity with ^(A)cords of falsehood,
    who draw sin as with cart ropes,
¹⁹who say: ^(B)“Let him be quick,
    let him speed his work
    that we may see it;
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,
    and let it come, that we may know it!”
²⁰Woe to ^(C)those who call evil good
    and good evil,
^(D)who put darkness for light
    and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
    and sweet for bitter!
²¹Woe to those who are ^(E)wise in their own eyes,
    and shrewd in their own sight!
²²Woe to those who are ^(F)heroes at drinking wine,
    and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
²³who ^(G)acquit the guilty for a bribe,
    and deprive the innocent of his right!

²⁴Therefore, ^(H)as the tongue of fire devours the stubble,
    and as dry grass sinks down in the flame,
so ^(I)their root will be ^(J)as rottenness,
    and their blossom go up like dust;
for they have ^(K)rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
    and have ^(L)despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
²⁵Therefore ^(M)the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,
    and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them,
    and ^(N)the mountains quaked;
and their corpses were ^(O)as refuse
    in the midst of the streets.
^(P)For all this his anger has not turned away,
    and his hand is stretched out still.

²⁶He will ^(Q)raise a signal for nations far away,
    and ^(R)whistle for them ^(S)from the ends of the earth;
and behold, quickly, speedily they come!
²⁷^(T)None is weary, none stumbles,
    none slumbers or sleeps,
not a waistband is loose,
    not a sandal strap broken;
²⁸^(U)their arrows are sharp,
    all their bows bent,
their horses' hoofs seem like flint,
    and their wheels ^(V)like the whirlwind.
²⁹Their roaring is like a lion,
    like young lions they roar;
they growl and ^(W)seize their prey;
    they carry it off, and none can rescue.
³⁰They will growl over it on that day,
    like the growling of the sea.
And if one looks to the land,
    behold, ^(X)darkness and distress;
and the light is darkened by its clouds.