Romans 1:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἵτινες μετήλλαξαν τὴν ἀλήθειαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ψεύδει, καὶ ἐσεβάσθησαν καὶ ἐλάτρευσαν τῇ κτίσει παρὰ τὸν Κτίσαντα, ὅς ἐστιν εὐλογητὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. Ἀμήν.

Transliteration

Hoitines metēllaxan the alētheian the Theou en the pseudei, kai esebasthēsan kai elatreusan the ktisei para the Ktisanta, hos estin eulogētos eis the aiōnas. Amēn.

Grammar Details

*Hoitines*: nominative, masculine, plural, relative pronoun - who
*metēllaxan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they exchanged
*alētheian*: accusative, feminine, singular - truth
*Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
*en*: preposition + dative - for
*pseudei*: dative, neuter, singular - lie
*kai*: conjunction - and
*esebasthēsan*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural - they worshiped/revered
*elatreusan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they served
*ktisei*: dative, feminine, singular - creation
*para*: preposition + accusative - rather than/beyond
*Ktisanta*: aorist active participle, accusative, masculine, singular - Creator/the one who created
*hos*: nominative, masculine, singular, relative pronoun - who
*estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is
*eulogētos*: nominative, masculine, singular, adjective - blessed
*eis*: preposition + accusative - for
*aiōnas*: accusative, masculine, plural - ages
*Amēn*: Hebrew transliteration - amen/truly

Word Meanings

*metēllaxan*: they exchanged/changed/altered
*alētheian*: truth/reality
*pseudei*: lie/falsehood
*esebasthēsan*: they worshiped/revered/venerated
*elatreusan*: they served/ministered to/rendered religious service
*ktisei*: creation/created thing
*Ktisanta*: Creator/the one who created
*eulogētos*: blessed/praised/worthy of praise
*aiōnas*: ages/eternities/forever

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Referenced Verses

Isa 44:20 : 20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Rom 9:5 : 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Hab 2:18 : 18 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
Jer 13:25 : 25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
Jer 16:19 : 19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
Amos 2:4 : 4 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Eph 3:21 : 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
1 Thess 1:9 : 9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
1 Tim 1:11 : 11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
2 Tim 3:4 : 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
1 John 2:15-16 : 15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Matt 6:24 : 24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Matt 10:37 : 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
John 2:8 : 8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.
Rom 1:18 : 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Rom 1:23 : 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Jer 10:14-15 : 14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Ps 72:19 : 19 And blessed{H8803)} be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled{H8735)} with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Ps 145:1-2 : 1 David's Psalm of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

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