Romans 1:26

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KJV King James Version

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:

BSB Berean Standard Bible

For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.

WEB World English Bible

For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature.

ASV American Standard Version

For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature:

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature;

Surrounding context — Romans 1

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.

24 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:

27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

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Jude 1:7Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.1 Timothy 1:10For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;Romans 1:24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:Leviticus 18:22-28Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it [is] abomination.1 Corinthians 6:9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,Ephesians 4:19Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.Genesis 19:5And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where [are] the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.Judges 19:22[Now] as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, [and] beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.Ephesians 5:12For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.1 Thessalonians 4:5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:Romans 1:28And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;Deuteronomy 23:17-18There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.Jude 1:10But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

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