Romans

Romans 1:24–27

24Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. 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!f Amen.

26For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27Likewise, 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.

Footnotes

  • f 1:25 Or forever blessed

Read all of Romans 1

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

Romans 1:24

EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
ThereforeΔιὸDioConjunctionG1352 wherefore
GodΘεὸςTheosNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularG2316 God, a god
gave them overπαρέδωκενparedōkenVerb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG3860 I hand over, deliver, betray
inἐνenPrepositionG1722 in, on, among
theταῖςtaisArticle - Dative Feminine PluralG3588 the
desiresἐπιθυμίαιςepithymiaisNoun - Dative Feminine PluralG1939 desire, eagerness for, inordinate desire, lust
ofτῶνtōnArticle - Genitive Feminine PluralG3588 the
theirαὐτῶνautōnPersonal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person PluralG846 he, she, it, they, them, same
heartsκαρδιῶνkardiōnNoun - Genitive Feminine PluralG2588 the heart, inner life, intention
toεἰςeisPrepositionG1519 into, in, among, till, for
impurityἀκαθαρσίανakatharsianNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularG167 uncleanness, impurity
for theτοῦtouArticle - Genitive Neuter SingularG3588 the
dishonoringἀτιμάζεσθαιatimazesthaiVerb - Present Infinitive Middle or PassiveG818 I disgrace, dishonor
of theirαὐτῶνautōnPersonal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person PluralG846 he, she, it, they, them, same
bodiesσώματαsōmataNoun - Accusative Neuter PluralG4983 body, flesh
withἐνenPrepositionG1722 in, on, among

Romans 1:25

EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
exchangedμετήλλαξανmetēllaxanVerb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralG3337 I change, transform, alter
theτὴνtēnArticle - Accusative Feminine SingularG3588 the
truthἀλήθειανalētheianNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularG225 truth
of GodΘεοῦTheouNoun - Genitive Masculine SingularG2316 God, a god
forἐνenPrepositionG1722 in, on, among
a lieψεύδειpseudeiNoun - Dative Neuter SingularG5579 a lie
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
worshipedἐσεβάσθησανesebasthēsanVerb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person PluralG4573 I worship
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
servedἐλάτρευσανelatreusanVerb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralG3000 I serve, worship
theτῇtēArticle - Dative Feminine SingularG3588 the
creatureκτίσειktiseiNoun - Dative Feminine SingularG2937 creation, creature, institution
rather thanπαρὰparaPrepositionG3844 from, in the presence of
theτὸνtonArticle - Accusative Masculine SingularG3588 the
CreatorΚτίσανταKtisantaVerb - Aorist Participle Active - Accusative Masculine SingularG2936 I create, form, shape, make
whoὅςhosPersonal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine SingularG3739 who, which, what, that
isἐστινestinVerb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG1510 I am, exist
foreverαἰῶναςaiōnasNoun - Accusative Masculine PluralG165 an age, a cycle of time
worthy of praiseεὐλογητὸςeulogētosAdjective - Nominative Masculine SingularG2128 worthy of praise, blessed
AmenἀμήνamēnHebrew WordG281 verily, truly, amen, so let it be

Romans 1:26

EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
For this reasonΔιὰDiaPrepositionG1223 through, on account of
GodΘεὸςTheosNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularG2316 God, a god
gave them overπαρέδωκενparedōkenVerb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG3860 I hand over, deliver, betray
toεἰςeisPrepositionG1519 into, in, among, till, for
dishonorableἀτιμίαςatimiasNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularG819 disgrace, dishonor
passionsπάθηpathēNoun - Accusative Neuter PluralG3806 suffering, emotion, depraved passion, lust
EvenτεteConjunctionG5037 and, both
theirαὐτῶνautōnPersonal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person PluralG846 he, she, it, they, them, same
womenθήλειαιthēleiaiAdjective - Nominative Feminine PluralG2338 female
exchangedμετήλλαξανmetēllaxanVerb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralG3337 I change, transform, alter
naturalφυσικὴνphysikēnAdjective - Accusative Feminine SingularG5446 natural, according to nature
relationsχρῆσινchrēsinNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularG5540 usage, use
forεἰςeisPrepositionG1519 into, in, among, till, for
unnaturalφύσινphysinNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularG5449 nature, inherent nature

Romans 1:27

EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
LikewiseὁμοίωςhomoiōsAdverbG3668 in like manner
theοἱhoiArticle - Nominative Masculine PluralG3588 the
menἄρσενεςarsenesNoun - Nominative Masculine PluralG730 male
abandonedἀφέντεςaphentesVerb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralG863 I send away, release, remit, forgive, permit
naturalφυσικὴνphysikēnAdjective - Accusative Feminine SingularG5446 natural, according to nature
relationsχρῆσινchrēsinNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularG5540 usage, use
withτῆςtēsArticle - Genitive Feminine SingularG3588 the
womenθηλείαςthēleiasAdjective - Genitive Feminine SingularG2338 female
burnedἐξεκαύθησανexekauthēsanVerb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person PluralG1572 I burn with lust
withἐνenPrepositionG1722 in, on, among
lustὀρέξειorexeiNoun - Dative Feminine SingularG3715 strong desire, lust
forεἰςeisPrepositionG1519 into, in, among, till, for
one anotherἀλλήλουςallēlousPersonal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Accusative Masculine PluralG240 one another
MenἄρσενεςarsenesNoun - Nominative Masculine PluralG730 male
committedκατεργαζόμενοιkatergazomenoiVerb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine PluralG2716 I work out, produce, accomplish
indecentἀσχημοσύνηνaschēmosynēnNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularG808 unseemliness, shame, nakedness
withἐνenPrepositionG1722 in, on, among
menἄρσεσινarsesinNoun - Dative Masculine PluralG730 male
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
receivedἀπολαμβάνοντεςapolambanontesVerb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralG618 I get back, receive back
inἐνenPrepositionG1722 in, on, among
themselvesἑαυτοῖςheautoisReflexive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person PluralG1438 himself, herself, itself
theτὴνtēnArticle - Accusative Feminine SingularG3588 the
dueἔδειedeiVerb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG1163 it is necessary, inevitable
penaltyἀντιμισθίανantimisthianNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularG489 a reward, recompense
forτῆςtēsArticle - Genitive Feminine SingularG3588 the
theirαὐτῶνautōnPersonal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person PluralG846 he, she, it, they, them, same
errorπλάνηςplanēsNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularG4106 a wandering, error

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Romans 1:24 Psalm 81:11–12 · Acts 7:42 · Matthew 15:14 · Acts 14:16 · 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12 · Ephesians 4:18–19 · Romans 1:26–28 · Leviticus 18:22 · 1 Corinthians 6:13 · 1 Thessalonians 4:4 · 1 Corinthians 6:18 · Acts 17:29–30

Romans 1:25 Habakkuk 2:18 · Jeremiah 13:25 · 1 John 2:15–16 · Isaiah 44:20 · Amos 2:4 · 2 Corinthians 11:31 · Romans 9:5 · Jeremiah 10:14–15 · 1 John 5:20 · Romans 1:23 · 2 Timothy 3:4 · Matthew 6:24

Romans 1:26 Jude 1:7 · 1 Timothy 1:10 · Leviticus 18:22–28 · Romans 1:24 · 1 Corinthians 6:9 · Ephesians 4:19 · Genesis 19:5 · Judges 19:22 · Ephesians 5:12 · Deuteronomy 23:17–18 · 1 Thessalonians 4:5 · Romans 1:28

Romans 1:27 Leviticus 20:13 · Leviticus 18:22 · Romans 1:23–24

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.