Romans 1:24 “Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurit…”

Romans 1:24

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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:

World English Bible

Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves;

American Standard Version

Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves:

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore also God gaue them vp to their hearts lusts, vnto vncleannesse, to defile their owne bodies betweene themselues:

Darby Translation

Wherefore God gave them up [also] in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies between themselves:

Young's Literal Translation

Wherefore also God did give them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies among themselves;

Bible in Basic English

For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another:

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Cross references

“God”

Acts 7:42 Matthew 15:14 Acts 14:16 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12 Psalm 81:11 Psalm 81:12

Acts 7:42 · BSB

But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Is…

Matthew 15:14 · BSB

Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

Acts 14:16 · BSB

In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.

2 Thessalonians 2:10–12 · BSB

and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

Psalm 81:11 · BSB

But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

Psalm 81:12 · BSB

So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

“through the lusts”

Romans 6:12

Romans 6:12 · BSB

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

“to dishonour”

1 Corinthians 6:13 1 Corinthians 6:18 1 Thessalonians 4:4 2 Timothy 2:20–22

1 Corinthians 6:13 · BSB

“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

1 Corinthians 6:18 · BSB

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

1 Thessalonians 4:4 · BSB

each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

2 Timothy 2:20–22 · BSB

A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use.

“between”

Leviticus 18:22 Romans 1:27

Leviticus 18:22 · BSB

You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.

Romans 1:27 · BSB

Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Also

Romans 1:26–28

Romans 1:26–28 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.

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