God’s Wrath against Sin

Romans 1:24

In 9 translations

BSB: Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.
KJV: Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
WEB: Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves;
ASV: Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves:
LSV: For this reason also God gave them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, to dishonor their bodies among themselves;
YLT: Wherefore also God did give them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies among themselves;
DBY: Wherefore God gave them up [also] in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies between themselves:Elohim
DRC: Wherefore God gave them up to the desires of their heart, unto uncleanness, to dishonour their own bodies among themselves.
GNV: Wherefore also God gaue them vp to their hearts lusts, vnto vncleannesse, to defile their owne bodies betweene themselues:

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read αὐτοῖς (“themselves”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἑαυτοῖς (“themselves”).

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)

In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include καὶ (“and”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.

SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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SBLGNT: Διὸ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Διὸ; Robinson–Pierpont add καὶ.
SBLGNT: αὐτοῖς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτοῖς; Robinson–Pierpont read ἑαυτοῖς.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: Διὸ παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς ὁ θεὸς ἐν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις τῶν καρδιῶν αὐτῶν εἰς ἀκαθαρσίαν τοῦ ἀτιμάζεσθαι τὰ σώματα αὐτῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς,
RP2018: Διὸ καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς ὁ θεὸς ἐν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις τῶν καρδιῶν αὐτῶν εἰς ἀκαθαρσίαν, τοῦ ἀτιμάζεσθαι τὰ σώματα αὐτῶν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς·
TR-Boyd: Διὸ καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς ὁ Θεὸς ἐν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις τῶν καρδιῶν αὐτῶν εἰς ἀκαθαρσίαν, τοῦ ἀτιμάζεσθαι τὰ σώματα αὐτῶν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς·
SCR1894: διο και παρεδωκεν αυτους ο θεος εν ταις επιθυμιαις των καρδιων αυτων εις ακαθαρσιαν του ατιμαζεσθαι τα σωματα αυτων εν εαυτοις

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Idolatry Fall of man Atheism Crime Sodomy Rome Lust Essenes Lasciviousness Harlot

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Cross-references most cited first

Psalms 81:11–12But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me. So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
Acts 7:42But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of…
Acts 14:16In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.
Matthew 15:14Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
2 Thessalonians 2:10–12and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they…
Ephesians 4:18–19They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts. Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over…
Romans 1:26–28For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one…
Leviticus 18:22You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
1 Thessalonians 4:4each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,
1 Corinthians 6:18Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
1 Corinthians 6:13“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
Acts 17:29–30Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination. Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He…
Hosea 4:17–18Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone! When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.
Romans 6:12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
2 Timothy 2:20–22A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use. So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a…

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