Romans 1:24
Context1:24 Therefore God gave them over 1 in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor 2 their bodies among themselves. 3
Romans 1:26
Context1:26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones, 4
Colossians 3:5
Context3:5 So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: 5 sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, 6 evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
[1:24] 1 sn Possibly an allusion to Ps 81:12.
[1:24] 2 tn The genitive articular infinitive τοῦ ἀτιμάζεσθαι (tou atimazesqai, “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.
[1:26] 4 tn Grk “for their females exchanged the natural function for that which is contrary to nature.” The term χρῆσις (crhsi") has the force of “sexual relations” here (L&N 23.65).
[3:5] 5 tn Grk “the members which are on the earth.” See BDAG 628 s.v. μέλος 1, “put to death whatever in you is worldly.”