Romans 1:24

Therefore God gave them over to the lusts of their hearts for uncleanness, for their bodies to be dishonored among themselves.

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

In Context

23They exchanged the glory of the imperishable God for the likenesses of an image of perishable man, of birds, of four-footed beasts, and of creeping things.

25It is they who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and who worshiped and served the creation instead of the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:22Do not sleep with other men as with a woman. This would be wicked.

Hosea 4:17Ephraim united himself with idols; 1 leave him alone. 1

Acts 7:42But God turned and gave them up to worship the stars in the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, 1 'Did you offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices 1 for forty years in the wilderness, house of Israel? 1

Acts 17:29Therefore, since we are God's offspring, we ought not to think that the qualities of deity are like gold, or silver, or stone—images created by the art and imagination of man.

Romans 6:12Therefore do not let sin rule in your mortal body in order that you may obey its lusts.

1 Corinthians 6:18Run away from sexual immorality! Every other sin that a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person 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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