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26 For this reason (A)God gave them over to (B)dishonorable passions; for their (C)females exchanged the natural function for that which is [a]unnatural, 27 and in the same way also the (D)males abandoned the natural function of the female and burned in their desire toward one another, (E)males with males committing [b]indecent acts and receiving in [c]their own persons the due penalty of their error.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 1:26 Lit against nature
  2. Romans 1:27 Lit the shameless deed
  3. Romans 1:27 Lit themselves

26 That’s why God abandoned them to degrading lust. Their females traded natural sexual relations for unnatural sexual relations. 27 Also, in the same way, the males traded natural sexual relations with females, and burned with lust for each other. Males performed shameful actions with males, and they were paid back with the penalty they deserved for their mistake in their own bodies.

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