Romans 1:24-25
Christian Standard Bible
24 Therefore God delivered them over in the desires of their hearts(A) to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves. 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie,(B) and worshiped and served what has been created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever.(C) Amen.
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Romans 1:24-25
New English Translation
24 Therefore God gave them over[a] in the desires of their hearts to impurity,[b] to dishonor[c] their bodies among themselves.[d] 25 They[e] exchanged the truth of God for a lie[f] and worshiped and served the creation[g] rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
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- Romans 1:24 sn Possibly an allusion to Ps 81:12.
- Romans 1:24 tn Or “God delivered them up to the desires of their hearts for impurity.” It is possible that a technical, legal idiom is used here; if so, it would describe God delivering sinners up to a custodian for punishment (see R. Jewett, Romans [Hermeneia], 166-67). In this instance, then, sinners would be given over to their own desires for the express purpose of working more impurity.
- Romans 1:24 tn The genitive articular infinitive τοῦ ἀτιμάζεσθαι (tou atimazesthai, “to dishonor”) has been taken as (1) an infinitive of purpose; (2) an infinitive of result; or (3) an epexegetical (i.e., explanatory) infinitive, expanding the previous clause.
- Romans 1:24 tn Grk “among them.”
- Romans 1:25 tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
- Romans 1:25 tn Grk “the lie.”
- Romans 1:25 tn Or “creature, created things.”
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