Romans 1:26-27
New English Translation
26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones,[a] 27 and likewise the men also abandoned natural relations with women[b] and were inflamed in their passions[c] for one another. Men[d] committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
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- Romans 1:26 tn Grk “for their females exchanged the natural function for that which is contrary to nature.” The term χρῆσις (chrēsis) has the force of “sexual relations” here (L&N 23.65).
- Romans 1:27 tn Grk “likewise so also the males abandoning the natural function of the female.”
- Romans 1:27 tn Grk “burned with intense desire” (L&N 25.16).
- Romans 1:27 tn Grk “another, men committing…and receiving,” continuing the description of their deeds. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
Romans 1:26-27
Legacy Standard Bible
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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- Romans 1:26 Lit against nature
- Romans 1:27 Lit the shameless deed
- Romans 1:27 Lit themselves
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