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Text -- Romans 1:20-32 (NET)
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1:20 For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes – his eternal power and divine nature– have been clearly seen , because they are understood through what has been made . So people are without excuse .
1:21 For although they knew God , they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks , but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened .
1:22 Although they claimed to be wise , they became fools
1:23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles .
1:24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity , to dishonor their bodies among themselves .
1:25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator , who is blessed forever ! Amen .
1:26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions . For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones ,
1:27 and likewise the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed in their passions for one another . Men committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error .
1:28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God , God gave them over to a depraved mind , to do what should not be done .
1:29 They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness , wickedness , covetousness , malice . They are rife with envy , murder , strife , deceit , hostility . They are gossips ,
1:30 slanderers , haters of God , insolent , arrogant , boastful , contrivers of all sorts of evil , disobedient to parents ,
1:31 senseless , covenant-breakers , heartless , ruthless .
1:32 Although they fully know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die , they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Atheism |
Romans, Epistle to the |
Gentiles |
GALATIANS, EPISTLE TO THE |
Wicked |
Rome |
JUSTIFICATION |
Fall of man |
Idolatry |
Blindness |
Lasciviousness |
WORSHIP |
Wisdom |
EVIL |
Crime |
Conscience |
God |
Malice |
Slander |
Adultery |
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NET Notes: Rom 1:20 Grk “they”; the referent (people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Rom 1:26 Grk “for their females exchanged the natural function for that which is contrary to nature.” The term χρῆσις...
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NET Notes: Rom 1:27 Grk “another, men committing…and receiving,” continuing the description of their deeds. Because of the length and complexity of the ...
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NET Notes: Rom 1:29 Grk “malice, full of,” continuing the description. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started ...
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