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Romans 1:24

SinPurityJudgment

22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

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

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

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BSB
Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.
KJV
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
WEB
Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves;
ASV
Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves:
DARBY
Wherefore God gave them up [also] in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies between themselves:
BLB
Therefore God gave them up in the sinful desires of their hearts to uncleanness to dishonor their bodies among themselves,
ÅB
Derfor gav Gud dem over til deres hjerters lyst etter urenhet; til å vanære kroppene sine seg imellom,
OTB
Derfor overga Gud dem i deres hjertes syndige lyster til urenhet, til å vanære sine kropper med hverandre.
B1930
Derfor overgav også Gud dem i deres hjerters lyster til urenhet, til å vanære sine legemer sig imellem,

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  • Psalms 81:11–12

    But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

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  • Acts 7:42

    Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

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  • Acts 14:16

    Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.

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  • Matthew 15:14

    Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12

    And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

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  • Ephesians 4:18–19

    Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

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  • Romans 1:26–28

    For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

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  • Leviticus 18:22

    Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

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