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Romans 1:24

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

Majority Standard Bible

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 exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:22You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.

Hosea 4:17Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!

Acts 7:42But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

Acts 17:29Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.

Romans 6:12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey it in its desires.

1 Corinthians 6:18Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually 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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