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Romans 1:27 — King James Version← Study notes

And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.


Romans 1:27Greek Interlinear

Greek · Romans 1:2735 words
GreekMeaning
ὁμοίωςhomoiōs
LikewiseadverbG3668
τεte
thenwordG5037
καὶkai
alsoadverbG2532
οἱhoi
thearticleG3588
ἄρσενεςarsenes
malesadjectiveG730
ἀφέντεςaphentes
having leftverbG863
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
φυσικὴνphysikēn
naturaladjectiveG5446
χρῆσινchrēsin
usenounG5540
τῆςtēs
of thearticleG3588
θηλείαςthēleias
femaleadjectiveG2338
ἐξεκαύθησανexekauthēsan
were inflamedverbG1572
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
τῇ
thearticleG3588
ὀρέξειorexei
desirenounG3715
αὐτῶνautōn
of thempronounG846
εἰςeis
towardprepositionG1519
ἀλλήλουςallēlous
one anotherpronounG240
ἄρσενεςarsenes
malesadjectiveG730
ἐνen
withprepositionG1722
ἄρσεσινarsesin
malesadjectiveG730
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
ἀσχημοσύνηνaschēmosynēn
shamenounG808
κατεργαζόμενοιkatergazomenoi
working outverbG2716
καὶkai
andwordG2532
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
ἀντιμισθίανantimisthian
recompensenounG489
ἣνhēn
whichrelative pronounG3739
ἔδειedei
was fittingverbG1210
τῆςtēs
of thearticleG3588
πλάνηςplanēs
errornounG4106
αὐτῶνautōn
of thempronounG846
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
ἑαυτοῖςheautois
themselvespronounG1438
ἀπολαμβάνοντεςapolambanontes
receivingverbG618
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Romans 1:27

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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