Romans 1:24

Therefore God abandoned them to impurity, letting them follow the cravings of their hearts, until they dishonored their own bodies;

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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 they transformed the glory of the immortal God into the likeness of mortal humans, and of birds, and beasts, and reptiles.

25for they had substituted a lie for the truth about God, and had reverenced and worshiped created things more than the Creator, who is to be praised for ever. Amen.

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Cross References

Hosea 4:17Ephraim is wedded to idols. Leave them alone!

Acts 7:42So God turned from them and left them to the worship of the Starry Host, as is written in the book of the prophets – ‘Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me, house of Israel, all those forty years in the desert?

Acts 17:29Therefore, as the offspring of God, we must not think that the Deity has any resemblance to anything made of gold, or silver, or stone – a work of human art and imagination.

Romans 6:12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal bodies and compel you to obey its cravings.

1 Corinthians 6:18Shun all immorality. Every other sin that people commit is something outside the body; but an immoral person sins against their 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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