Romans 1:24-32
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Therefore s God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to t the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,
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because they exchanged the truth about God for u a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, v who is blessed forever! Amen.
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For this reason w God gave them up to x dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature;
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and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, y men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
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And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, z God gave them up to a a debased mind to do b what ought not to be done.
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They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,
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slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
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foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
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Though they know c God's decree that those who practice such things d deserve to die, they not only do them but e give approval to those who practice them.
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Cross References
Romans 1:26
For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature.
Romans 1:28
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
Ephesians 4:19
They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.
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1 Thessalonians 4:4
That each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor.
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Isaiah 28:15
Because you have said, "We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the overwhelming whip passes through it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter".
Isaiah 44:19 - 20
No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, "Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?
Jeremiah 10:14
Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.
Amos 2:4
Thus says the Lord : "For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, those after which their fathers walked.
2 Thessalonians 2:11
Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false.
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Romans 9:5
To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
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Romans 1:24
Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves.
Romans 1:28
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
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Colossians 3:5
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
1 Thessalonians 4:5
Not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God.
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Cross References
Leviticus 18:22
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.
Leviticus 20:13
If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
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Cross References
Romans 1:24
Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves.
Romans 1:26
For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature.
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Jeremiah 6:30
Rejected silver they are called, for the Lord has rejected them.
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Ephesians 5:4
Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.
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Romans 2:26
So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
Romans 8:4
In order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
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Romans 6:21
But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
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Luke 11:48
So you are witnesses and you consent to the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs.
Acts 8:1
And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Acts 22:20
And when the blood of Stephen your witness was being shed, I myself was standing by and approving and watching over the garments of those who killed him.
1 Corinthians 13:6
It does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.
2 Thessalonians 2:12
In order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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