Romans 1:26-28
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
26 For this reason God handed them over to passions of [a] dishonor. For both their females exchanged the natural [sexual] function for the one contrary to nature, 27 and likewise also the males, having left the natural [sexual] function of the female, were inflamed by their craving for one another— males with males committing the indecent-act[b] and receiving-back in themselves the return[c] which was due their error[d].
They Disapproved of Keeping God In Mind
28 And as they did not approve to have[e] God in their knowledge, God handed them over to a disapproved mind, to do the things not being proper—
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- Romans 1:26 That is, characterized by; or, leading to; or, proceeding from.
- Romans 1:27 Or, the shameful-deed.
- Romans 1:27 This is a neutral rendering; negatively it means ‘penalty’.
- Romans 1:27 Or, deception, delusion.
- Romans 1:28 Or, hold, retain.
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