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Romans 1:26 — King James Version← Study notes

For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:


Romans 1:26Greek Interlinear

Greek · Romans 1:2622 words
GreekMeaning
ΔιὰDia
Because ofprepositionG1223
τοῦτοtouto
thisdemonstrativeG3778
παρέδωκενparedōken
gave upverbG3860
αὐτοὺςautous
thempronounG846
ho
thearticleG3588
θεὸςtheos
GodnounG2316
εἰςeis
toprepositionG1519
πάθηpathē
passionsnounG3806
ἀτιμίαςatimias
of dishonornounG819
αἵhai
thearticleG3588
τεte
EvenwordG5037
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
θήλειαιthēleiai
femalesadjectiveG2338
αὐτῶνautōn
of thempronounG846
μετήλλαξανmetēllaxan
changedverbG3337
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
φυσικὴνphysikēn
naturaladjectiveG5446
χρῆσινchrēsin
usenounG5540
εἰςeis
intoprepositionG1519
τὴνtēn
thatarticleG3588
παρὰpara
contrary toprepositionG3844
φύσινphysin
naturenounG5449
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Romans 1:26

All these affections then were vile, but chiefly the mad lust after males; for the soul is more the sufferer in sins, and more dishonored, than the body in diseases. But behold how here too, as in the case of the doctrines, he deprives them of excuse, by saying of the women, that “they changed the natural use.” For no one, he means, can say that it was by being hindered of legitimate intercourse that they came to this pass, or that it was from having no means to fulfil their…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 4 on Romans
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature. This is one of the verses I dread reading publicly. It's become shorthand for ...
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