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Romans 1:26

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:

KJV

διὰ τοῦτο παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς ὁ θεὸς εἰς πάθη ἀτιμίας· αἵ τε γὰρ θήλειαι αὐτῶν μετήλλαξαν τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν,

Greek NT

Propterea tradidit illos Deus in passiones ignominiæ : nam feminæ eorum immutaverunt naturalem usum in eum usum qui est contra naturam.

Vulgate

For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature:

ASV

For this cause, God delivered them up to shameful affections. For their women have changed the natural use into that use which is against nature.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
θῆλυς
thelus
adjective · 5×
μεταλλάσσω
metallasso
verb · 2×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πάθος
pathos
noun · 3×
παρά
para
preposition · 191×
παραδίδωμι
paradidomi
verb · 119×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
φυσικός
phusikos
adjective · 3×
φύσις
phusis
noun · 14×
χρῆσις
chresis
noun · 2×
ἀτιμία
atimia
noun · 7×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

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8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§401After that first sin, the world is virtually inundated by sin There is Cain's murder of his brother Abel and the universal corruption which follows in the wake of sin. Likewise, sin frequently manifests itself in the history of Israel, especially as infidelity to the God of the Covenant and as transgression of the Law of Moses. and even after Christ's atonement, sin raises its …
§2087Our moral life has its source in faith in God who reveals his love to us. St. Paul speaks of the "obedience of faith"9 as our first obligation. He shows that "ignorance of God" is the principle and explanation of all moral deviations.10 Our duty toward God is to believe in him and to bear witness to him.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210204.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
2. Having finished therefore all the discourses concerning all these things, he next proceeds also to another accusation. And what was this? Their women used both to pray and prophesy unveiled and with their head bare, (for then women also used to prophesy;) but the men went so far as to wear long hair as having spent their time in philosophy , and covered their heads when pray…
Chapter 23.—Whether Generation Should Have Taken Place Even in Paradise Had Man Not Sinned, or Whether There Should Have Been Any Contention There Between Chastity and Lust. But he who says that there should have been neither copulation nor generation but for sin, virtually says that man’s sin was necessary to complete the number of the saints. For if these two by not sinning s…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 6:9 — Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
  • 1Cor 6:9 — Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
  • 1Kgs 15:12 — And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
  • 1Thess 4:5 — Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
  • 1Thess 4:5 — Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
  • 1Tim 1:10 — For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
  • 1Tim 1:10 — For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
  • Col 3:5 — Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
  • Deut 23:17 — There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
  • Deut 23:17 — There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
  • Eph 4:19 — Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
  • Eph 5:12 — For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
  • Gen 19:5 — And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
  • Gen 19:5 — And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
  • Jude 1:7 — Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of ete
  • Jude 1:7 — Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of ete
  • Jude 1:10 — But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
  • Judg 19:22 — Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, s
  • Judg 19:22 — Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, s
  • Lev 18:22 — Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
  • Lev 18:22 — Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
  • Lev 20:13 — If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
  • Ps 81:12 — So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
  • Rom 1:24 — Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
  • Rom 1:24 — Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
  • Rom 1:28 — And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
  • Rom 1:28 — And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;