Romans 1:24

For this reason also God gave them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, to dishonor their bodies among themselves;

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In The King James Version

Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

In Context

23and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.

25who changed the truth of God into the lie, and honored and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for all ages. Amen.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:22And you do not lie with a male as one lies with a woman; it [is] an abomination.

Hosea 4:17Ephraim is joined to idols, leave him alone.

Acts 7:42and God turned, and gave them up to do service to the host of Heaven, according as it has been written in the scroll of the Prophets: Did you offer slain beasts and sacrifices to Me forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

Acts 17:29Being, therefore, offspring of God, we ought not to think the Godhead to be like to gold, or silver, or stone, [an] engraving of art and imagination of man;

Romans 6:12Do not let then sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires;

1 Corinthians 6:18flee the whoredom; every sin—whatever a man may commit—is outside the body, and he who is committing whoredom sins against his own body.

Matthew Henry on Romans 1:20-32

The Excellency of the Gospel. ( a. d. 58.) 19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22… Read the whole commentary →

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