Romans 1:18–32
God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness
18 For
kthe wrath of God
lis revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be
mknown about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature,
nhave been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,
7 in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they
obecame futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22
pClaiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and
qexchanged the glory of
rthe immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore
sGod gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to
tthe dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for
ua lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator,
vwho is blessed forever! Amen.
26 For this reason
wGod gave them up to
xdishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another,
ymen committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God,
zGod gave them up to
aa debased mind to do
bwhat ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know
cGod’s righteous decree that those who practice such things
ddeserve to die, they not only do them but
egive approval to those who practice them.